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When was grisaille painting introduced at Limoges?
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Standing dish depicting Samson crushing the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, enamel on copper by Pierre Courteys, c. 1580; in the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio. Height 9.8 cm, diameter 22.9 cm.
The technique of grisaille painting was introduced at Limoges by approximately 1530–1540.1
This method, which involves using monochromatic shades to create the illusion of three-dimensional sculpture, became a specialty of the Pénicaud family, particularly Jean Pénicaud III. In this process, artists apply pulverized white vitreous enamel onto a dark ground, using varying thicknesses to achieve light and shadow effects.23