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CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
'Portion of Votive Picture. Enamel by Léonard Limosin'; Latin Moto
c. 1855Albumen print? | RCIN 2864505
Photograph of a Limoges enamel plaque created in 1553 by Léonard Limosin (c.1506-1577), part of his Crucifixion retable for Saint-Chapelle, Paris (see RCIN 2864504). As with the rest of the retable, this fragment has been in the collection of the Louvre since 1816 (MR 208 1). It shows king François I's pseudo-Latin moto "Nutrisco et Extingor" (I nourish and extinguish).
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
After Limosin, Léonard (artist)
Subject(s)
François I, King of France (1494-1547)- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Genealogy and Heraldry
- Mottoes
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Genealogy and Heraldry
