ca. 1515
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 125v
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
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Within a landscape, a nimbed Evangelist Matthew holds a halberd in his right hand and glances to the right. A nimbed angel standing behind him raises her right hand to her chest. The scene is framed by a border decorated with flowers and inhabited by a caterpillar and a butterfly.