SOLD - Cristoforo Cortese, A Prophet, Northern Italy, likely Venice, circa 1400-1430

Written By Keegan Goepfert
 
Prophet miniature by Cristoforo Cortese, Northern Italy (likely Venice), circa 1400–1430.

Cristoforo Cortese

A Prophet

Written in Latin, a page from an Gradual

Introit for the Non Papal Martyr, In virtute tau domine ...

Northern Italy, likely Venice, circa 1400-1430

Overall dimensions, 414 x 299 mm.

Historiated initial 'I', 90 x 78 mm.

Rastrum, 21 mm. with eight 4-lined staves in red ink

Tempera, ink and gold on parchment

SOLD

To learn more about recent discoveries relating to Cristoforo Cortese and the reconstruction of his dispersed Gradual, see our article on newly identified leaves in Prague.

 

This miniature has been sold. Collectors interested in the history of manuscript illumination may wish to explore our current selection of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts.

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