Accession number
MS M.1251.2
Object title
King Anemur of India Giving Orders for the Killing of Christian Monks (MS M.1251.2).
Display Date
ca. 1460
Created
France, Loire Valley, Nantes or Angers, ca. 1460
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Dr. Robert DaVanzo and the Driver Family Foundation 2024.
Description
1 single leaf (cutting) : vellum, ill. ; 135 x 95 mm
Provenance
Possibly commissioned for King René of Anjou (1409-1480); Peter Birmann (1758-1844), stuck to fol. 31 of the album of 475 cuttings and leaves which he sold to; Daniel Burckhardt-Wildt (1752-1819); sold by his heirs at Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 129 (six miniatures; bought by Mark Lansburgh (1925-2013); placed on temporary deposit at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1986 (the reverse of the frame with CMA deposit label); sold, probably in October 1990, to The Boehlen Collection, Bern (their MS 1409); sold at Sotheby's, London, 2 July 2024, lot 43.
Notes
Purchased as the gift of Dr. Robert DaVanzo and the Driver Family Foundation 2024.
Summary
King Anemur enthroned, he and his courtiers with dark skin, watch the soldiers in golden armor killing black-clad monks while others escape in the background.
Script
Bâtarde
Language
Latin (on verso)
Century
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