Karel I (1600-49)
Henri Toutin
1636
Medium
gold (metal)
Dimensions
5.3; 7.4; 0.6
About this artwork
signature and date: ‘henry Toutin / Orphevre a paris a fait ce cy lan. / 1636’
About the Artist
Henri Toutin · 1614–1683
Henri Toutin (1614–c. 1683) was a pioneering French enamel painter who revolutionized the art of portrait miniatures by adapting enamel painting—previously used exclusively for decorative purposes—to portraiture. Born into an artistic family in Paris, Toutin was the son of Jean Toutin (1578–1644), a goldsmith and enameler credited with inventing the technique of painting enamel on gold. Henri cont...