Large Enamel Painting on Copper. L'Homme Au Casque D' Or. Limoges. Circa 1920.

Large Enamel Painting on Copper. L'Homme Au Casque D' Or. Signed fine gold script lower right, R. Martinaud, Limoges; To: J. J Laveissiere.

Exquisite antique Limoges Enamel on Copper titled L'Homme Au Casque D' Or d. After Rembrandt.

The painting is after Rembrandt's famous portrait of the man / conqueror with the golden and plumed helmet [The Man with the Golden Helmet]. The quality of this extraordinary large enamel on copper is superb. Extremely finely painted in difficult technique, with in-depth enamel work. Mounted in its original frame, with further frame, and engraved plaque.

Dimensions:

30 x 20cm (H x W: painting)
57 x 47cm (H x W: inc outer-frame)

*The Man with the Golden Helmet (c. 1650) is an oil-on-canvas painting formerly attributed to the Dutch painter Rembrandt and today considered to be a work by someone in his circle. The Man with the Golden Helmet is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.