European enamels (1906) (14803073113)

Identifier: europeanenamels00cuny_0 (find matches)
Title: European enamels
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Cunynghame, Henry H (Henry Hardinge), Sir, 1848-1935
Subjects: Enamel and enameling
Publisher: London : Methuen
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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ery interesting cataloguehas been made by Messrs. Bouderie and Lachenaud,and published at Paris, 1897. Of his portraits thereare eleven of Francis I, fourteen of Catharine deM6dicis, ten of Henry II, besides a great numberof other important personages. The head of Francis,with its long, straight nose and receding upper lip,is unmistakable, whether represented in his oratoryor masquerading as the unbelieving apostle. Catharine de Medicis is equally striking. Aplain face, with a wide mouth, rather salient cheeksand broad forehead. Charles IX considerably re-sembling his mother, but with some of his father snose. Diana of Poictiers, according to her pictures,was by no means very attractive. Her mouth, how-ever, and her small eyes, seem to show wit. Leonardhas left us an interesting plaque in the Louvre,representing a gentleman in Roman costume on awhite horse, with a lady behind him. Tradition, asusual, represents this pair as Henry II and Diana,but without any reason for the opinion.130
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FRANCOIS I IN COLOURS, BY LEONARD LIMOUSIN, L.L., 1550, IN THE ORIGINAL FRAME PAINTED ENAMELS Some others of Leonards portraits merit atten-tion. Thus, there is at the South KensingtonMuseum an interesting portrait of Galiot deGenouillac (sometimes called Tiercelin). He wasgrand master of artillery. He has one of thoseportentous noses that appear so often in Leonardswork. In fact, I think some allowance must bemade for the size of this organ in the works of thisartist. It is almost impossible to believe that allthe men of the time had such enormous noses asLeonard is accustomed to give them. The portraits of Henry II present the familynose, so remarkable in the case of Francis I, butsomewhat less accentuated. Of these, one of thebest is an equestrian figure in the Louvre, carryinga palm branch. After the year 1570, by which time LeonardLimousin was probably over seventy years of age,the value of his enamels falls off. He died probablyabout 1575. In general he signed his works, some-ti