A Limoges enamel plaque with Venus and Adonis

A Limoges enamel plaque with Venus and Adonis Copper panel with monochrome enamel “en grisaille” picked out in red, brown and gilt on midnight blue ground; counter enamel in greyish yellow with craquelure. Rectangular panel depicting Venus and Adonis in a forest landscape with a dove perching in a tree beside them. Small mounting holes on the upper and lower borders. Monogrammed in black “I.L.” lower left, signed on the reverse "Laudin. Emaillieur = au faubourg. de magni a Limoges". Restorations to the upper and lower edges and the upper right corner. H 16.7, W 20.8 cm. Limoges, Laudin workshop, Jules Laudin or Jacques II Laudin, second half 17th C.

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H 16,7 × B 20,8 cm