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Limosin, Léonard, approximately 1505-approximately 1575

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Personal name headingLimosin, Léonard, approximately 1505-approximately 1575
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Variant(s)Limosin, Léonard, ca. 1505-ca. 1575
Associated countryFrance
Associated placeLimoges (France)
Birth date1505~
Death date1575~
Field of activityEnamel and enameling
Profession or occupationArtists Painters
Found inLéonard 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)