Antique Limoges Enamel Plaque of a Fête Galante

Limoges enamel plaque in the Rococo style French, late 19th century Measures: Frame: Height 34cm, width 32.5cm, depth 3cm Plaque: Height 17cm,...

These elegant enamel plaques was painted in Limoges, a town in the south-west of France. While Limoges was highly regarded for its painted enamel wares in the 15th Century, in the following periods there was a decline in production. In the mid-19th Century, however, items like this pair began to be created, reviving the techniques of enamel painting that were perfected in the medieval period. The plaques depict two women, both with wavy blonde shoulder-length hair, and similar facial features. The women may be sisters, possibly even twins. One woman wears a pale pink dress...

The beautiful enamel plaque was crafted in Limoges, a town in northern France. Limoges has long been associated with the production of high quality enamel wares. While to begin with, in the 12th Century, the town was famous for its applied enamel pieces, religious icons, for example, which were crafted in metal with champlevé enamel ornament, Limoges later, in the 15th century, began to paint onto enamel, creating plaques, plates and ewers, which were both religious and secular in character. These local techniques were revived in the mid-19th century, when items like this enamel portrait painting were produced. This enamel portrait is a half-length depiction of a young woman. While her body is faced slightly to the side, she turns her head to look out directly at the viewer. The woman wears a fine, light pink gown...

This beautiful Limoges enamel plaque depicts a knight in full armour. He is portrayed turning towards the viewer, as though he is about to unsheathe his sword. The knight stands...

These exquisite portrait plaques were made in the French town of Limoges, which is renowned for the fine quality of its enamel wares. The panels have been painted with oval, half-length portraits of British Tudor monarchs...

Pair of Renaissance style enamel plaques in giltwood frames French, 19th Century Dimensions: Frames: Height 24cm, width 18cm, depth 3cm Plaques: Height 13cm, width 10cm Held in ornately carved neoclassical giltwood frames, these Limoges enamel plaques depict two men rendered in the historicised Renaissance style. The frames feature oval openings, with laurel wreath carvings and bows to the top. Both plaques depict bust-length portraits of men, shown in three-quarter profile with laurel wreaths adorning their heads. They are both painted in a style that evokes the portraiture of the 16th century, with great care taken to render the details of each sitter’s face, and expressive brushstrokes for the background and clothing. The younger of the men wears a deep orange shirt...

Fete Galante Scene from 18th century Piedmont-School. Bamboo inlay collage on canvas in carved antique frame. Net size: 40 x 49 cm Size with frame: 53 x 61.5 cm

Decorate an office or study with this elegant antique painting. Created in France circa 1870 and set in the original carved gilt wood frame, the artwork features a typical French "Fete Galante...

Nicely rendered pastoral scenes of the French countryside depicting shepherds and their sheep flocks.

An Allegorical Belle Époque Limoges Enamel Painting Plaque of a Semi-Nude Bacchante. The convex baked enamel copper plaque finely painted depicting a scantily clad young female Maen...

Antique print titled 'Fête Galante'. Original antique print on chine collé made after a painting by J.B.J. Pater. This print originates from volume 3 of t...

Great Italian artist Francesco Galante wonderful oil on round canvas painting Modern art Nude of a Seated Woman signed lower left by Francesco Galante. Brass label with name and date of birth and death of the artist. This painting, never before on the market, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. FRANCESCO GALANTE Born in Margherita di Savoia He soon moved to Naples where he attended the institute of fine arts. He was a pupil of Michele Cammarano and Vincenzo Volpe and student, collaborated with various Neapolitan newspapers as an illustrator. Even in his painting activity, which he started in parallel with his graphic work, Francesco Galante. However, this tendency soon came to coexist with a substantial predilection for an intimism of atmospheres, themes and decorative cues. Francesco Galante's culture in these years did not differ from that common to many artists of his generation, variously oriented toward modernist currents in the search for greater autonomy from the traditional environment. Already present since 1904 at the exhibitions of the Promotrice Salvator Rosa in Naples, in 1909 he joined the "Secessione dei ventitré "With these of Francesco Galante he organized I' Esposizione giovanile in Naples. In 1905 he took part in the Salon d'automne in Paris and in the LXXIX Roman Exhibition of the Society of Amateurs and Connoisseurs of Fine Arts, where he exhibited Marechiaro and Studio (Rome, National Gallery of Modern Art); in 1910 he made his debut at the Venice Biennale, an exhibition that would see him present until the 13th edition in 1922. In 1911 G. was engaged to decorate the central hall of the pavilion of Campania, Basilicata and Calabria at the Fiftieth Anniversary Ethnographic Exhibition held that year in Rome. In the capital, the artist returned two years later to participate in the I Roman Secession Exhibition and where he was engaged to decorate the pavilion of Campania, Basilicata and Calabria at the Ethnographic Exhibition in Rome. Francesco Galante began at this time to distance himself from the Secessionist movement, aligning himself with more traditionalist positions. After the wartime interlude spent at the front, he resumed his exhibition activity in 1919 (International Exhibition in Turin and I Mostra "La Floridiana" in Naples). In 1921 he took part in Naples in the Mostra d'arte dei grigio-verdi and in the I Biennale nazionale d'arte, and a few years later followed the Novecen Francesco Galante continued, meanwhile, a lively exhibition activity, participating, among other things, in the Novecento exhibitions set up by Margherita Sarfatti...