large miniature on a leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, on parchment [northern France (Paris), c.1490-1500] Single leaf, with a large arch-topped miniature by a follower of the Master of Chronique Scandaleuse, with the Virgin in blue robes kneeling before the altar, as the priest holds the Child in a white cloth, all within a finely detailed Gothic interior, 3-line initial in blue heightened with white and floral spray and set on brightly burnished gold ground, one smaller illuminated initial and 4 lines of text in an excellent bookhand, miniature and text enclosed within thick text frame decorated with patterns of single-stem flowers and a red heart on dull-gold ground, full border of coloured acanthus leaves and other foliage with red heart-shaped fruit and a bearded drollery standing on a hillock in centre of bas-de-page, tiny smudge to base of initial and blank edges of leaf trimmed away, else outstanding condition, 150mm. by 102mm., framed The prolific Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse dominated Parisian book-arts between 1490 and 1510, executing commissions there for many high-ranking patrons, including the royal court. His style is easily recognisable by his figures with half-closed eyelids, deep cheeks and conspicuously red lips. This leaf presents a charming mix of elements of Books of Hours from the first half of the fifteenth century (with the hillock in the centre of the bas-de-page evoking early Parisian models of the Bedford Master and others, and the thick internal border introducing a decorative element normally seen in books from the first half of that century) with the art style of late fifteenth-century Paris. In general, this feature is rare, but is typical of the best works of another Parisian artist, the Master of Coëtivy (fl.1470s-80s; see Ferrini, Books of Hours, 2000, no.4).
large miniature on a leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, on parchment [northern France (Paris), c.1490-1500] Single leaf, with a large arch-topped miniature by a follower of the Master of Chronique Scandaleuse, with the Virgin in blue robes kneeling before the altar, as the priest holds the Child in a white cloth, all within a finely detailed Gothic interior, 3-line initial in blue heightened with white and floral spray and set on brightly burnished gold ground, one smaller illuminated initial and 4 lines of text in an excellent bookhand, miniature and text enclosed within thick text frame decorated with patterns of single-stem flowers and a red heart on dull-gold ground, full border of coloured acanthus leaves and other foliage with red heart-shaped fruit and a bearded drollery standing on a hillock in centre of bas-de-page, tiny smudge to base of initial and blank edges of leaf trimmed away, else outstanding condition, 150mm. by 102mm., framed The prolific Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse dominated Parisian book-arts between 1490 and 1510, executing commissions there for many high-ranking patrons, including the royal court. His style is easily recognisable by his figures with half-closed eyelids, deep cheeks and conspicuously red lips. This leaf presents a charming mix of elements of Books of Hours from the first half of the fifteenth century (with the hillock in the centre of the bas-de-page evoking early Parisian models of the Bedford Master and others, and the thick internal border introducing a decorative element normally seen in books from the first half of that century) with the art style of late fifteenth-century Paris. In general, this feature is rare, but is typical of the best works of another Parisian artist, the Master of Coëtivy (fl.1470s-80s; see Ferrini, Books of Hours, 2000, no.4).
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