LC control no. | nr 95003313 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Limosin, Léonard, approximately 1505-approximately 1575 |
Variant(s) | Limosin, Léonard, ca. 1505-ca. 1575 |
Associated country | France |
Associated place | Limoges (France) |
Birth date | 1505~ |
Death date | 1575~ |
Field of activity | Enamel and enameling |
Profession or occupation | Artists Painters |
Found in | Léonard Limosin au Musée du Louvre, c1993: cover p. 4 (b. ca. 1505; d. ca. 1575; enameller of Limoges, France) Wikipedia, April 3, 2019 (Léonard Limousin (or Limosin), c. 1505 - c. 1577; a French painter, the most famous of a family of seven Limoges enamel painters; entered the service of Francis I as painter and varlet de chambre, a position which he retained under Henry II; executed many portraits in enamel for them; he also enjoyed a great reputation as an oil-painter; his last signed works bear the date 1574, but his death date is uncertain, could not have been later than the beginning of 1577) |