Live auction - Lot 89
[Miniature]
St Catherine defeating Emperor Maxentius.
Bruges, ca. 1430
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
1 f. (ca. 11,4 x 7 cm), on vellum.
In good condition.
Cut from a small-size rubricated Latin prayerbook with text (on both sides) in a gothic hand. Nice small miniature showing Saint Catherine of Alexandria (with wheel) defeating Emperor Maxentius. The miniature within a gilt ruled border with a crowned Catherine dressed in red and blue and the crowned emperor dressed in violet. The protagonists are portrayed on a floor of green tiles, and standing before a grey wall under a red and gold ceiling.