Plaquette van koper met émail met voorstelling van de Geboorte van Christus en de aanbidding door de herders.
Jean-Baptiste Nouailher (I)
c. 1725 - c. 1775
Medium
champlevé
Dimensions
14.6; 17.8; 1.8
About this artwork
height 17.8 cm x width 14.6 cm x thickness 1.8 cm
Art Historical Context
This exquisite copper plaquette, crafted by Jean-Baptiste Nouailher (I) around 1725–1775, vividly captures the Nativity of Christ and the shepherds' adoration—a timeless biblical scene rendered in luminous champlevé enamel. 17.8 cm high, 14.6 cm wide, and 1.8 cm thick, its intimate scale made it ideal for private devotion or display in affluent 18th-century homes, evoking the warmth of the holy manger amid the era's opulent interiors. Nouailher, a master enameler from Limoges, France—the historic epicenter of enamel artistry—excelled in champlevé, a technique where troughs are meticulously ca...