THE THREE MARIES AT THE TOMB, large historiated initial 'O' by THE SPANISH FORGER on a cutting from a 15th-century choirbook, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Paris, c.1900]. 255 x 249mm, the initial 196 x 190mm. The initial 'O' on a ground of burnished gold with a stave of blue with white infill and green, pink, red and blue floral extensions; verso with 5 lines of text in black ink (some cracking of gold, likely intended, margins reinforced by strips of paper). Window-mounted.
The miniature is L185 in Voelkle's ongoing census of the work of the Spanish Forger, which to date counts 255 leaves, 108 panels and 10 manuscripts.
THE THREE MARIES AT THE TOMB, large historiated initial 'O' by THE SPANISH FORGER on a cutting from a 15th-century choirbook, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Paris, c.1900]. 255 x 249mm, the initial 196 x 190mm. The initial 'O' on a ground of burnished gold with a stave of blue with white infill and green, pink, red and blue floral extensions; verso with 5 lines of text in black ink (some cracking of gold, likely intended, margins reinforced by strips of paper). Window-mounted.
The miniature is L185 in Voelkle's ongoing census of the work of the Spanish Forger, which to date counts 255 leaves, 108 panels and 10 manuscripts.
![THE THREE MARIES AT THE TOMB, large historiated initial 'O' by THE SPANISH FORGER on a cutting from a 15th-century choirbook, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Paris, c.1900]. 255 x 249mm, the initial 196 x 190mm. The initial 'O' on a ground of burnished gold with a stave of blue with white infill and green, pink, red and blue floral extensions; verso with 5 lines of text in black ink (some cracking of gold, likely intended, margins reinforced by strips of paper). Window-mounted.](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/5694859/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_08952_0012_000(the_three_maries_at_the_tomb_large_historiated_initial_o_by_the_spanis062823).jpg?maxwidth=3840)