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Auction archive: Lot number 14

Four miniatures on cuttings from illuminated manuscripts on vellum

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,461 - US$7,435
Price realised:
£10,000
ca. US$14,871
Auction archive: Lot number 14

Four miniatures on cuttings from illuminated manuscripts on vellum

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,461 - US$7,435
Price realised:
£10,000
ca. US$14,871
Beschreibung:

Four miniatures on cuttings from illuminated manuscripts on vellum 4 miniatures, (a) a large and fine miniature of the Crucifixion, 102mm. by 70mm., with Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and St. John, all before a hilly landscape and Jerusalem (here as a late Gothic city with high church spires), slight cockling, small discolouration and a few small holes near to Virgin, else good condition, laid down on card but verso appears blank, in large moulded architectural frame, Ferrara or Padua, c.1460; (b) 2 leaves from a Book of Hours, each approximately 90mm. by 60mm., with three-quarter page miniatures of the Nativity and a burial above 4-line initials with foliate infill on gold grounds, 14 lines of text on verso, somewhat scuffed and smudged, in brown wooden frame together, probably Paris, c.1460; (c) a single leaf from a Psalter, approximately 105mm. by 70mm., with a three-quarter page miniature of King David kneeling in a hilly landscape as God appears in the sky above, 4-line initial as in item above, 17 lines on verso, some slight discolouration to edges, else good, framed as previous item, probably Paris, c.1415

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Four miniatures on cuttings from illuminated manuscripts on vellum 4 miniatures, (a) a large and fine miniature of the Crucifixion, 102mm. by 70mm., with Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and St. John, all before a hilly landscape and Jerusalem (here as a late Gothic city with high church spires), slight cockling, small discolouration and a few small holes near to Virgin, else good condition, laid down on card but verso appears blank, in large moulded architectural frame, Ferrara or Padua, c.1460; (b) 2 leaves from a Book of Hours, each approximately 90mm. by 60mm., with three-quarter page miniatures of the Nativity and a burial above 4-line initials with foliate infill on gold grounds, 14 lines of text on verso, somewhat scuffed and smudged, in brown wooden frame together, probably Paris, c.1460; (c) a single leaf from a Psalter, approximately 105mm. by 70mm., with a three-quarter page miniature of King David kneeling in a hilly landscape as God appears in the sky above, 4-line initial as in item above, 17 lines on verso, some slight discolouration to edges, else good, framed as previous item, probably Paris, c.1415

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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