THE CRUCIFIXION, full-page miniature from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Bruges, mid-15th century] A bright, vibrant miniature associable with the late work of the Masters of the Gold Scrolls. 170 x 125mm. Reverse blank (a little smudging to the margins). Mounted and framed. Provenance : Maggs Bros Ltd. cat. 1283 (2000), no 13. The style of the miniature is associable with the oeuvre of the so-called Masters of the Gold Scrolls, known from their elaborate decorative backgrounds. The leading providers of book illumination in Bruges from around 1420 to 1450, they served a varied clientele and decorated books for the home market and for export, as here, for use in Utrecht in the Northern Netherlands. [ With ]: A leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours [probably Utrecht, c . 1450]. 155 x 110mm. 19 lines of text, one large illuminated initial 'G' within a 3-sided border. Mounted and framed.
THE CRUCIFIXION, full-page miniature from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Bruges, mid-15th century] A bright, vibrant miniature associable with the late work of the Masters of the Gold Scrolls. 170 x 125mm. Reverse blank (a little smudging to the margins). Mounted and framed. Provenance : Maggs Bros Ltd. cat. 1283 (2000), no 13. The style of the miniature is associable with the oeuvre of the so-called Masters of the Gold Scrolls, known from their elaborate decorative backgrounds. The leading providers of book illumination in Bruges from around 1420 to 1450, they served a varied clientele and decorated books for the home market and for export, as here, for use in Utrecht in the Northern Netherlands. [ With ]: A leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours [probably Utrecht, c . 1450]. 155 x 110mm. 19 lines of text, one large illuminated initial 'G' within a 3-sided border. Mounted and framed.
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