Limoges enamels

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Limoges enamels are richly colored, finely detailed enamel artworks on metal produced in Limoges, France, renowned since the Middle Ages for their religious and decorative objects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf decorative art ⓘ
enamelware ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
artForm enamel painting ⓘ
goldsmithing ⓘ
associatedWith Gothic art ⓘ
Renaissance art ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

pilgrimage art ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
exportedTo England ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
historicalReputation major European center of enamel production ⓘ
iconography Christ in Majesty ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
biblical scenes ⓘ
saints ⓘ
materialUsed copper ⓘ
enamel ⓘ
metal ⓘ
notableCollection British Museum ⓘ
Louvre Museum ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
notablePeriod 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Limoges ⓘ
productionMethod champlevé enamel ⓘ
painted enamel ⓘ
styleCharacteristic figurative scenes ⓘ
fine detail ⓘ
gilded backgrounds ⓘ
intricate iconography ⓘ
rich colors ⓘ
support copper base ⓘ
metal plaque ⓘ
techniqueFeature enamel painted on metal plaques ⓘ
incised cells filled with enamel (champlevé) ⓘ
usedFor altar frontals ⓘ
caskets ⓘ
crosses ⓘ
decorative plaques ⓘ
liturgical vessels ⓘ
religious objects ⓘ
reliquaries ⓘ
secular luxury objects ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Musée National Adrien Dubouché → collectionType → Limoges porcelain ⓘ
linked to: Limoges enamels
Essen Minster → containsWork → Essen cross with large enamels ⓘ
linked to: Limoges enamels