Live auction - Lot 254
[Miniature - France]
Illuminated vellum leaf of a printed Book of Hours, depicting Joseph and the Angel.
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
[Paris, ca. 1510]
Illumination, 16 x 11 cm (sl. wavy, a few spotting, handwritten foliation "59").
Surrounded by a three-quarter architectural border. The scene takes place in a Gothic interior. Decorated with gold, red, blue, brown, green and pink colour, text alternating red and blue one-, two and four-line initials enhanced with liquid gold. The text on verso is surrounded by a two-quarter border with biblical scenes.
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