[ILLUMINATED PAINTING]. PROSDOCIMI, ALBERTO. The Annunciation. Illuminated painting in the style of an early sixteenth-century full-page miniature from a French Book of Hours. Np, nd [late 19th century]. 228 x 167 mm. (9 x 6½ in.), on a slightly larger masonite panel. The finely painted scene is surrounded with a full border of flowers, leaves, birds and insects on a grayish-green ground within a gilt framework following the style of early sixteenth-century illumination.

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[ILLUMINATED PAINTING]. PROSDOCIMI, ALBERTO. The Annunciation. Illuminated painting in the style of an early sixteenth-century full-page miniature from a French Book of Hours. Np, nd [late 19th century]. 228 x 167 mm. (9 x 6½ in.), on a slightly larger masonite panel. The finely painted scene is surrounded with a full border of flowers, leaves, birds and insects on a grayish-green ground within a gilt framework following the style of early sixteenth-century illumination.
Alberto Prosdocimi (Venice 9 september 1852 - ?) graduated at the Academy in Venice. He is recognized for his miniature paintings, especially his reproductions of 15th century miniatures by Memling. See: Dizionario Enciclopedico dei Pittori e Degli Incisori Italiani. Volume IX; Thieme/Becker Volume XXVII.

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