Southern Netherlandish artist
Two leaves from a Breviary, southern Netherlands, 15th century
TWO LEAVES FROM A BREVIARY, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [southern Netherlands, 15th century]
Two charming leaves from a Breviary, including a rare self-portrait of the illuminator himself.
98 x 66mm. 22 lines in one column, one leaf with a large illuminated initial and full-page scatter border, the other with a large initial and accompanying monochrome acanthus border with a bas-de-page miniature showing a self-portrait of the reclining illuminator, his pigments beside an unfinished miniature (both leaves cropped into upper border, the first with small remnants of mounting to upper and lower borders, the second with some small losses of white pigment).
Southern Netherlandish artist
Two leaves from a Breviary, southern Netherlands, 15th century
TWO LEAVES FROM A BREVIARY, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [southern Netherlands, 15th century]
Two charming leaves from a Breviary, including a rare self-portrait of the illuminator himself.
98 x 66mm. 22 lines in one column, one leaf with a large illuminated initial and full-page scatter border, the other with a large initial and accompanying monochrome acanthus border with a bas-de-page miniature showing a self-portrait of the reclining illuminator, his pigments beside an unfinished miniature (both leaves cropped into upper border, the first with small remnants of mounting to upper and lower borders, the second with some small losses of white pigment).
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