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Set of illuminations from the 15th-16th centuries -
Initial "P" with a historiated design.
Two saints (Liberator and Faustina?).
Fragment of an antiphonary or a gradual.
Tempera, gouache, ink and burnished gold on parchment.
Italy, Verona (?), c. 1490-1500,
Verona workshop (influence of the workshop of Francesco and then Girolamo Dai Libri?)
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Dimensions: fragment (H. 123 x 144 mm); initial (H. 104 x 85 mm)
Condition: some missing burnished gold, not serious.
- Initial "D" historiated.
Saint Laurent MartyrFragment
from an antiphonary of the saints or a gradual ?
Tempera, gouache, inks and burnished gold on parchment.
Northern Italy, early 16th centuryAttributable to
Michele da Genova (active in Liguria and Emilia between 1488 and 1509)
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Dimensions: leaf (H. 114 x W. 132 mm); initial (H. 109 x W. 122 mm)
Condition: On the front, slightly cracked burnished gold, some paint rubbing; on the back,
traces of glue
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- Bas-de-page historié.
Adoration of the MagiTempera
, gouache, ink and burnished gold on parchment.
Italy, Ferrara, circa 1450.
Ferrarese workshopDimensions
: fragment (H. 64 x W. 150 mm); bas-de-page (H. 50 x W. 130 mm)
Condition: on the front, a few ink stains; on the back, parchment a little wrinkled
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