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JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON, historiated initial ‘A’ on a leaf from an illuminated Choirbook on vellum [Lombardy, c.1450]
An impressive example of Late Gothic Lombard illumination, echoing the work of Gerolamo da Milano (the ‘Olivetan Master’) and the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum
190 x 180mm. Reverse with text and music on four-line stave. Mounted.
Provenance: Nella Longari: no XI in Una Collezione di Miniature Italiane, I, 1993, pp.61-63.
The miniature depicting the judgement of Solomon is indicative of the late-gothic style widespread in Lombardy in the mid-15th century. The simple acanthus decoration of the letter-form; the two-dimensional background; and the disproportionate relationship between the figures contrast with a more subtle rendering of faces and clothes inherited from Michelino da Besozzo. The present cutting has been confidently ascribed by Bollati to the same artist responsible for an initial ‘T’ with Isaac and Esau at the Cleveland Museum of Art, J. H. Wade Fund 1949.535, attributed by some to Bartolomeo Rigossi da Gallarate (see F. Todini and M. Bollati, Una Collezione di Miniature Italiane, I, 1993, pp.61-63).
An impressive example of Late Gothic Lombard illumination, echoing the work of Gerolamo da Milano (the ‘Olivetan Master’) and the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum
190 x 180mm. Reverse with text and music on four-line stave. Mounted.
Provenance: Nella Longari: no XI in Una Collezione di Miniature Italiane, I, 1993, pp.61-63.
The miniature depicting the judgement of Solomon is indicative of the late-gothic style widespread in Lombardy in the mid-15th century. The simple acanthus decoration of the letter-form; the two-dimensional background; and the disproportionate relationship between the figures contrast with a more subtle rendering of faces and clothes inherited from Michelino da Besozzo. The present cutting has been confidently ascribed by Bollati to the same artist responsible for an initial ‘T’ with Isaac and Esau at the Cleveland Museum of Art, J. H. Wade Fund 1949.535, attributed by some to Bartolomeo Rigossi da Gallarate (see F. Todini and M. Bollati, Una Collezione di Miniature Italiane, I, 1993, pp.61-63).
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Robert Tyrwhitt