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Four single leaf miniatures from a book of hours.

Accession number
MS M.369.1-4
Object title
Four single leaf miniatures from a book of hours.
Display Date
ca. 1510.
Created
Venice, Italy, ca. 1510.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), 1909.
Description
4 leaves, matted : vellum, ill. ; 150 x 90 mm
Provenance
Charles Fairfax Murray; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Tammaro De Marinis in 1909; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. single leaf miniatures from a book of hours; illuminated in Venice, Italy, ca. 1510.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures (Annunciation, Crucifixion, Lamentation, Pentecost).
Artist: attributed to Benedetto Bordone.
May once have been part of Abbey manuscript J.A. 6766--Cf. The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey.
Century
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