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Famed Renaissance artist Léonard Limousin painted this image of the Resurrection of Christ in enamel on copper in 1553 as an altarpiece for the Sainte Chappelle in Paris. Installed on Assumption Day in 1553, the painting adorned the Sainte Chappelle until the Revolution. It was moved to the Louvre in 1816. Note the intertwined H and D emblem of Henri II and his mistress Diane de Poitiers emblazoned in the border.

Crucifixion

Léonard Limousin (c. 1504 - c. 1577)

French court painter under François I and Henri II

Crucifixion (1553)

Enamel on copper

(Note François's portrait in lower left, his motto lower center, and monograms around the central oval)