. Enamels . acques Galiot de Genouilhac,master of artillery to Francis i., and some in thePierpont Morgan and Salting collections, andalso in the Wallace collection at Hertford are in the style of Holbein, clean-cut andflat, and one would imagine them to be excellentlikenesses. They are usually on a dark-blueground over white or purple, appearing black ;this latter colour is generally used for coats, hats,and hair, being touched up with fine gold linesafterwards. Leonard evidently had a knowledgeof over-glaze colours, which really belongs moreto porcelain-painting, as his faces are
. Enamels . acques Galiot de Genouilhac,master of artillery to Francis i., and some in thePierpont Morgan and Salting collections, andalso in the Wallace collection at Hertford are in the style of Holbein, clean-cut andflat, and one would imagine them to be excellentlikenesses. They are usually on a dark-blueground over white or purple, appearing black ;this latter colour is generally used for coats, hats,and hair, being touched up with fine gold linesafterwards. Leonard evidently had a knowledgeof over-glaze colours, which really belongs moreto porcelain-painting, as his faces are frequentlycoloured with these over enamel. When speaking of portraits in enamel, mentionmight be made of the four little medallions inthe British Museum, which have portrait heads,and are North Italian of about 1480. Theseare on copper, and the rich red ground is overgold foil. The faces, hair, and shoulders are inwhite over blue and untinted, the hair finelyworked with gold fines. These heads are PLATE XXII. ENAMELLED IORTKAIT OK CHARLES I)E GLISE INENAMELLED FRAME. MY LEt)NAKU LIMOUSIN PAINTED ENAMELS 133 excellently painted and well drawn and have muchspirit and life, and, excepting the blue shade ofthe faces, which is not so unpleasant as it mightbe, and could easily have been altered, themanner of them seems an excellent way of treat-ing portraiture in enamel. No china paints orover-glaze colours have been used; all is straight-forward and honest enamel work. What shall we say of the crowd of enamellerswho arose about the time of which we are speak-ing, and their endless productions, their jugs,dishes, bowls, plates, with feasts of the gods, thestory of Psyche, and many and various repre-sentations of mythological personages and assem-blies, as well as scriptural scenes? The workof this period is indeed much alike in its greatdexterity^ its flesh-tints, its frequent use of patchesof foil, and its colouring in blue, purple, andgreen. Pierre Raymond, that industrious workeri
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