The Trinity enthroned, large miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum

single leaf, 222mm. by 165mm., with a three-quarter page arch-topped miniature (98mm. high) of the Father and Son seated on an elaborate throne holding an open book, with the Holy Dove between them, angels and stars in liquid gold in the sky behind them, above a large illuminated initial and 4 lines of text, three-quarter illuminated border including flowers, fruit, foliage, birds and human-headed drollery creatures hunting, 9 lines on verso with full border of rinceaux, flowers and fruit, some dirt and discolouration from having been framed, slight scuffs to lower mart of miniature and small hole at base of border, else good condition

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From a  large Book of Hours, painted by the Coëtivy Master, or a member of his immediate workshop. He worked for members of the royal family and court as an illuminator of manuscripts, panel-painter and a designer of stained-glass windows and tapestries. The drolleries with their drooping noses and tight-lipped mouths find parallels in many works of this artist (Avril and Reynaud, Les Manuscrits à Peintures en France, 1993, pp. 58-69). However, the depth and quality of the facial features in the main miniature finds its equal only in his grander productions (cf. the face on Veronica's veil in BnF. nouv.acq.lat. 3114, fol.165v, reproduced Avril and Reynaud, p.67).