The Annunciation
ca. 1510–20
Medium
Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt
Dimensions
"b" confirmed: 7 11/16 × 2 3/4 × 1/8 in. (19.5 × 7 × 0.3 cm)
Classification
Enamels
Culture
French, Limoges
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number
14.40.698b, c
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Nardon Pénicaud · 1470–1543
Nardon Pénicaud (c. 1470–c. 1542/43) was a pioneering French enameler based in Limoges, recognized as the founder of the first dynasty of enamel artists in that city. Little is known about his early life or training, which remains sparsely documented, but he established a workshop that produced exquisite painted enamels on copper, primarily depicting religious subjects in a distinctive French Goth...