Pierre Le Rouge for Antoine Vérard
Nativity and Flight into Egypt, woodcuts on paper from a printed Book of Hours illustrated with woodcuts cut by Pierre Le Rouge for Antoine Vérard [c.1490s]
Two handsome woodcuts from a Book of Hours printed on paper by Antoine Vérard.
74 x 41mm. Mounted. The Nativity (verso) and Flight into Egypt (recto) cut from the border of a leaf in the Hours of the Virgin; the Nativity hand-coloured.
The Parisian publisher and bookseller Antoine Vérard's production lies on the cusp between illuminated manuscripts and the modern printed edition. He combined the two techniques by printing works illustrated with woodcuts; his aristocratic patrons included Charles VIII of France and Henry VII of England. The present woodcuts are assigned by ISTC/CIBN to the French printer Pierre Le Rouge (ISTC ih00365000).
Pierre Le Rouge for Antoine Vérard
Nativity and Flight into Egypt, woodcuts on paper from a printed Book of Hours illustrated with woodcuts cut by Pierre Le Rouge for Antoine Vérard [c.1490s]
Two handsome woodcuts from a Book of Hours printed on paper by Antoine Vérard.
74 x 41mm. Mounted. The Nativity (verso) and Flight into Egypt (recto) cut from the border of a leaf in the Hours of the Virgin; the Nativity hand-coloured.
The Parisian publisher and bookseller Antoine Vérard's production lies on the cusp between illuminated manuscripts and the modern printed edition. He combined the two techniques by printing works illustrated with woodcuts; his aristocratic patrons included Charles VIII of France and Henry VII of England. The present woodcuts are assigned by ISTC/CIBN to the French printer Pierre Le Rouge (ISTC ih00365000).
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