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| Keywords: Léonard Limosin - Virgin and Child - Walters 4448.jpg The Virgin turned three-quarters towards the left is seen half-length behind a ledge on which the Child is seated She is suckling the infant Christ Her veil is blue with a gilt border The background is of a lighter blue inscribed in gilt letters REGINA CELI SALVE AVE Her nimbus is of a buff color as is the halo and hair of the Child enhanced with gilding Her bodice is white with a scroll-design painted in brownish-red Her dress is purple highlighted and decorated with scrolls in gold the sleeves turquoise-blue with highlights in white The garment of the Child is light green The ledge on which he sits is a mottled blue The design and the technical details of the dress ornaments delineated in red on opaque white or applied in gold on translucent enamel are related to pieces produced in the workshop of Léonard Limosin 2nd half Other date century 16 late Renaissance technique painted enamel copper cm 14 5 11 7 accession number 44 48 40269 Michel Boy Collection Sale Hotel Drouot Paris May 15 1905 no 205 Seligmann Brothers Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters inscribed in gilt letters along the sides REGINA CELI SALVE AVE place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Léonard Limosin Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of Madonna lactans | ||||
