| Henry Bone was one of the most successful artists of his day, famous for his copies of Old Master paintings in enamel. This is an exquisite copy after a painting of Emma, Lady Hamilton by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.

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2019-06-25

| A painted enamel portrait by Jean de Court, 1555, Limoges, France | Daughter of King François I, Marguerite supported contemporary writers, who described her as the new Minerva - the Classical goddess of war and wisdom & a wise opponent of ignorance.

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2019-05-14

| Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1748 | Showing a dog on a hunt, pointing at the game, Oudry beautifully captures the tension of the dog’s body & shimmer of its fur. It was originally an overdoor in one of Louis XV’s hunting lodge at Montigny-Lencoup.

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2019-01-01