🔴 LIMOGES painting Limosina art gold enamel SAINT NICOLA Bouasse Lebel Paris antique

Limousin art painting enameled in bas-relief of Saint Nicholas Bishop Bouasse-Lebel Paris 19th century

A magnificent example of 19th-century Limousin art, hand-painted enamel and modelled in bas-relief, depicting a blessing Bishop Saint Nicholas, with crozier and mitre.

The liturgical vestments are enriched with pure gold decorations, which give preciousness and depth to the image.

Authentic work by the famous Maison Bouasse-Lebel, a Parisian publisher of sacred art (Rue Saint-Sulpice, 23), known for devotional creations of the highest quality.

📏 Measurements: Framed picture: W 36.5 × H 30 × D 5 cm (🇺🇸 14.4 × 11.8 × 2 in) • Enamelled image: H 19 × W 12 cm (🇺🇸 7.5 × 4.7 in)

✨ Limousin art: fire-painted enamel on metal, bas-relief workmanship

🎨 Contemporary frame in ebonized wood with golden floral decorations

✝ Iconography: Holy Bishop blessing with pastoral staff Saint Nicholas

🪙 Decorations: pure gold finishes on the vestments and mitre

🏷 Editorial signature: Bouasse-Lebel, Paris – 23 Rue St. Sulpice

⏳ Period: second half of the 19th century

🔍 Conservation status: excellent, with natural patina of time

🔹 Original contemporary frame

The painting is housed in its period ebonized wood frame with gold leaf gilding, decorated with rosettes, floral motifs, scrolls, and Renaissance friezes. The gilding, applied with a stamped finish, shows the typical wear and tear of time, lending the piece an authentic and inimitable patina.

A frame that is not simply a surrounding, but an integral part of the work, created in the same period (late 18th – early 19th century), perfectly coherent in style and elegance.

📖 An era of craftsmanship and genius: Maison Bouasse-Lebel (founded in Paris in 1845) is considered one of the leading publishers of sacred art of the 19th century. Its rare works in Limousin enamel in bas-relief represent a pinnacle of technique and spirituality: the medieval Limoges tradition lives on in these devotional panels, designed for private oratories and aristocratic collections. An object that combines faith, art, and haute couture French craftsmanship.

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