Lot 5: LEONARD LIMOSIN (CIRCA 1505-1575/1577), CIRCA 1540 A SET OF TEN PLAQUES OF APOSTLES 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 13 cm.) each (10)

LEONARD LIMOSIN (CIRCA 1505-1575/1577), CIRCA 1540
A SET OF TEN PLAQUES OF APOSTLES
Parcel-gilt polychrome enamel; each apostle in a circular wreath and with an identifying banner; three plaques signed with initials ‘LL’; each with paper label to the reverse inscribed either ‘2650’ or ‘2650 ER’
5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 13 cm.) each
(10)

Possibly brought to Italy at the instigation of Jean de Langeac, Bishop of Limoges and French ambassador to Venice, Ferrara and Rome in the 1530s and 1540s.
Church of Santa Maria della Celeste, called La Celestia, Venice, from at least 1653 until circa 1810.
Benedictine abbey church of Monastier, near Treviso, from circa 1810 until 1875.
Sale in Venice, 1875.
With the antique dealer Ricchetti, in Venice.
Acquired by Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), and by descent.