Workshop of Jacques I Laudin (1627-1695) France, Limoges, second half 17th century

one a later replacement, one inscribed on the back Laudin emaillieur a Limoges, the profile portraits with green laurel wreaths and inscribed around



 

Overall condition good . Some evidence of rereshing to the gilding. There is enamel loss where the ovals have been pierced for attachment and evidence of minor restoration.
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Compare with four circular medallions in the Louvre which Baratte suggests that the heads were ultimately inspired by engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi or Henrik Goltzius.

RELATED LITERATURE
S. Baratte, Les Emaux Peints de Limoges (Paris, 2000) p. 401