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Auction archive: Lot number 10

THE ASCENSION, CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, PENTECOST AND KING DAVID, FOUR...

Western Manuscripts
29 Jun 2007
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$19,861 - US$29,791
Price realised:
£28,800
ca. US$57,200
Auction archive: Lot number 10

THE ASCENSION, CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, PENTECOST AND KING DAVID, FOUR...

Western Manuscripts
29 Jun 2007
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$19,861 - US$29,791
Price realised:
£28,800
ca. US$57,200
Beschreibung:

The Ascension, Coronation of the Virgin, Pentecost and King David four scenes on a single leaf, in French, from an illuminated manuscript on vellum 4 miniatures together, (1) the Ascension, Christ rises into the sky before a crowd of his followers, on brown ground with red stars, (2) Coronation of the Virgin, Christ and the Virgin are seated together between two standing angels holding candlesticks, as Christ places a crown on her head, on tessellated background in blue and burnished gold with white penwork, (3) Pentecost, the Virgin kneels on stony ground surrounded by the Apostles as the Holy Spirit descends (here represented by a number of red lines descending towards the crowd from a cloud), on a tessellated blue background with red, pink and white penwork, (4) King David a full length portrait standing, holding a staff in one hand, and in the other a scroll with the inscription "david le prophete roy", on a red/brown tessellated background with red and white penwork; all formed into a single composite miniature 190mm. by 142mm., figures drawn in a vigorous theatrical style, coloured in wash and heightened with both liquid and burnished gold, the miniatures in the upper level beneath six pointed gothic crocketed canopies, those on the lower level beneath two crocketed arches, interstices between the miniatures filled with blue and red/brown areas with stars or clusters of dots added in white paint, all enclosed by compartmented border of pink and blue with white tracery and gold frame terminating at each corner and in the middle of each frame in gold-leaved foliage sprays, set in complete leaf, 289mm. by 204mm., with 3 or 4 lines of explanatory text above the miniatures, and 3 lines below, in dark brown ink in a gothic bookhand, with 2-line initials, caption numbers ('xxxviii-xxxix') and line fillers in alternate red or blue with contrasting penwork, some slight rubbing to face of Virgin in scene 3, otherwise in excellent condition, verso blank, in card folder

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
29 Jun 2007
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

The Ascension, Coronation of the Virgin, Pentecost and King David four scenes on a single leaf, in French, from an illuminated manuscript on vellum 4 miniatures together, (1) the Ascension, Christ rises into the sky before a crowd of his followers, on brown ground with red stars, (2) Coronation of the Virgin, Christ and the Virgin are seated together between two standing angels holding candlesticks, as Christ places a crown on her head, on tessellated background in blue and burnished gold with white penwork, (3) Pentecost, the Virgin kneels on stony ground surrounded by the Apostles as the Holy Spirit descends (here represented by a number of red lines descending towards the crowd from a cloud), on a tessellated blue background with red, pink and white penwork, (4) King David a full length portrait standing, holding a staff in one hand, and in the other a scroll with the inscription "david le prophete roy", on a red/brown tessellated background with red and white penwork; all formed into a single composite miniature 190mm. by 142mm., figures drawn in a vigorous theatrical style, coloured in wash and heightened with both liquid and burnished gold, the miniatures in the upper level beneath six pointed gothic crocketed canopies, those on the lower level beneath two crocketed arches, interstices between the miniatures filled with blue and red/brown areas with stars or clusters of dots added in white paint, all enclosed by compartmented border of pink and blue with white tracery and gold frame terminating at each corner and in the middle of each frame in gold-leaved foliage sprays, set in complete leaf, 289mm. by 204mm., with 3 or 4 lines of explanatory text above the miniatures, and 3 lines below, in dark brown ink in a gothic bookhand, with 2-line initials, caption numbers ('xxxviii-xxxix') and line fillers in alternate red or blue with contrasting penwork, some slight rubbing to face of Virgin in scene 3, otherwise in excellent condition, verso blank, in card folder

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
29 Jun 2007
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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