A Masterpiece by the Master of Spencer 6

Published on 12 February 2020, by Agathe Albi-Gervy

Auction on 05 June 2020 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This large miniature reveals all its iconographic treasures in a French Book of Hours from the 1500s.

Book of Hours, Rite of Rome (Hours of the Virgin and Office of the Dead), France,... A Masterpiece by the Master of Spencer 6

Book of Hours, Rite of Rome (Hours of the Virgin and Office of the Dead), France, very certainly Bourges, ca. 1500-1510, illuminated manuscript on parchment, in Latin and French, 156 ff, 36 large miniatures, 35 small miniatures and four historiated initials by the Master of Spencer 6, 127 x 185 mm.
Estimate: €600,000/800,000

In this Elysian plain depicting Adam and Eve with Christ, every feature is designed to reassure sinners of their redemption. Praise God, at the end of time the faithful will find this primordial golden age of joy and serenity: an Eden where men and animals live in peace and spring rules eternal on Earth, providing living creatures with all they need. The stag, symbol…

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