Limoges enamels at the Frick Collection
By: Ian Wardropper with Julia Day
Contributors: Day, Julia (Julia Berniece), author; Frick Collection
Publisher: The Frick Collection; In association with D Giles Limited
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781907804373
Subjects: Renaissance Enamel and enameling; Catalogs; Medieval Enamel and enameling; Frick Collection; Enamel and enameling
Description: The first catalog of the Frick's important collection of fifteenth-, sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Limoges enamels, this jewel-like book features major examples of works by some of the leading masters of the art, including the Penicaud brothers, Leonard Limousin, and the Master of the Large Foreheads. Forty-three highlights from the collection are accompanied by a brief commentary and stunning new photography. There is an illustrated essay by director of the Frick, Ian Wardropper, on the artistic significance, stylistic qualities, and craftsmanship of the collection, and a glossary of terms by the Frick's associate conservator Julia Day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-77) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The collection; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Index.