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Enameler Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads
These two plaques were undoubtedly the wings of a triptych displaying figures with the distinctive facial style that gave rise to the master’s sobriquet.
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Title: The Nativity and Circumcision of Christ
Enameler:
Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads
Date: probably early 16th century
Culture: French, Limoges
Medium: Painted enamel on copper, partly gilded
Classification: Enamels
Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Object Number: 14.40.697b, c
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