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King David in Prayer, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin [France (Paris), c.1470-80]
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- bodycolour on vellum
single leaf, c.120x85mm, vellum, with a miniature for the Penitential Psalms, 15 lines, c.60x40mm, the verso with a partial border, vellum yellowed, small pigment losses, a coat of arms probably overpainted in the lower border by a 16th(?)-century hand
Catalogue Note
This miniature is part of the large body of works connected with MAÎTRE FRANÇOIS (most probably FRANÇOIS LE BARBIER, see M. Deldicque in Revue de l'Art, no.183, 2014, pp.9-18).