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The Harrowing of Hell, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Delft, c.1470]
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Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures (c.1460s-80s)
The Harrowing of Hell, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Delft, c.1470]
A dramatic representation of the Harrowing of Hell by one of the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures, with Christ reaching into a dramatic Hellmouth for Adam and Eve while John the Baptist, still clad in his camel skin, waits his turn.
178 x 122mm. An inserted miniature removed from a Book of Hours, without text but likely opening the Office of the Dead (some marginal staining, not affecting miniature, inner margin cropped close to frame). Window mount. Provenance: (1) Sold with six sister leaves at Christie’s, 9 July 2001, lot 5. (2) Sotheby's, 5 July 2005, lot 26.
The Harrowing of Hell, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Delft, c.1470]
A dramatic representation of the Harrowing of Hell by one of the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures, with Christ reaching into a dramatic Hellmouth for Adam and Eve while John the Baptist, still clad in his camel skin, waits his turn.
178 x 122mm. An inserted miniature removed from a Book of Hours, without text but likely opening the Office of the Dead (some marginal staining, not affecting miniature, inner margin cropped close to frame). Window mount. Provenance: (1) Sold with six sister leaves at Christie’s, 9 July 2001, lot 5. (2) Sotheby's, 5 July 2005, lot 26.
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