FOUQUET, Jean
(b. ca. 1420, Tours, d. ca. 1480, Tours)

Self-Portrait

1450
Enameled copper, diameter 8 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This small circular self-portrait was executed on copper covered on one side with black enamel with the portrait painted in gold with scratched-out lines for some of the facial features. This strange technique was known in Italy, but it was also practiced in Limoges.