.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
Betrayal and Arrest of Christ, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Flanders, perhaps Bruges, c.1490s]
Details
Anonymous Flemish artist
Betrayal and Arrest of Christ, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Flanders, perhaps Bruges, c.1490s]
A striking miniature depicting the Betrayal and Arrest of Christ painted in Flanders at the turn of the 16th century, showing the influence of the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook.
167 x 115mm. The Betrayal and Arrest of Christ probably opening Matins in the Hours of the Cross, laid down but verso probably blank, the borders with three strips cut and pasted from elsewhere in the manuscript, annotation in modern pencil on the verso ‘19123’ (laid down onto a damaged card support, borders composite, the area around the face of St Peter in the miniature rubbed). Mounted. Provenance: Maggs Bros Ltd, catalogue 1407, 2008, no 41.
The influence of the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook, active in Bruges from around 1465 until 1515, can be seen in the animation and visual anecdote of the present miniature. The Master had a particular sympathy for coarse characters and there is something reminiscent of the soldiers he paints in a Massacre of the Innocents miniature from a Book of Hours for the use of Rome (British Library, Add. 17280, f.203v) – clad in colourful costume, their helmets low over their eyes – in the figures of those that appear here to arrest Christ. A convincing illusion of space and atmosphere is created by the scene taking place beyond the Arrest, where a line of soldiers files out from a distant town.
Betrayal and Arrest of Christ, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Flanders, perhaps Bruges, c.1490s]
A striking miniature depicting the Betrayal and Arrest of Christ painted in Flanders at the turn of the 16th century, showing the influence of the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook.
167 x 115mm. The Betrayal and Arrest of Christ probably opening Matins in the Hours of the Cross, laid down but verso probably blank, the borders with three strips cut and pasted from elsewhere in the manuscript, annotation in modern pencil on the verso ‘19123’ (laid down onto a damaged card support, borders composite, the area around the face of St Peter in the miniature rubbed). Mounted. Provenance: Maggs Bros Ltd, catalogue 1407, 2008, no 41.
The influence of the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook, active in Bruges from around 1465 until 1515, can be seen in the animation and visual anecdote of the present miniature. The Master had a particular sympathy for coarse characters and there is something reminiscent of the soldiers he paints in a Massacre of the Innocents miniature from a Book of Hours for the use of Rome (British Library, Add. 17280, f.203v) – clad in colourful costume, their helmets low over their eyes – in the figures of those that appear here to arrest Christ. A convincing illusion of space and atmosphere is created by the scene taking place beyond the Arrest, where a line of soldiers files out from a distant town.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Brought to you by
Emily Pilling
Senior Sale Coordinator