Live auction - Lot 523
[Miniature - France]
Illuminated vellum leaf of a printed Book of Hours, figuring the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
[Paris, ca. 1500]
1 f., 16,5 x 11 cm (sl. wavy, some spotting, handwritten foliation "44").
Surrounded by a three-quarter architectural border. The scene takes place in a stripped interior. Decorated with gold, red, blue, green, gray and white, text alternating red and blue one-, two- and four-line initials enhanced in liquid gold. The text on verso is surrounded by a three-quarter historiated border.
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