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Leaf from a Doge’s Commission
Artist: Huntington Master
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 208 x 147 mm, pasted on parchment mount.
DECORATION: Full-page oval miniature with recipient kneeling and holding a richly-bound book while being presented to the Virgin and Child by St Mark, with St Anthony Abbot reading behind him, surrounded by a full inhabited border in gold formal ornament with medallions housing the lion of St Mark in the upper bar, Justice and Prosperity painted in grisaille on blue grounds on left and right respectively, and the arms of the Contarini family (bendy or and azure) in the lower bar.
History note: Commission produced for a member of the Contarini family, Venice
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Late#
Production date:
circa
AD 1590
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 56
Primary reference Number: 176615
Project ID: 1401
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Leaf from a Doge’s Commission" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176615 Accessed: 2024-11-02 14:32:48
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