Accession number
MS M.61a.1-2
Object title
Two miniatures: 1) Nativity. 2) St. Peter.
Display Date
ca. 1400.
Created
France, ca. 1400.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
2 miniatures (cuttings), matted. Vellum ; M. 61a.1 (85 x 78 mm); M. 61a. 2 (85 x80 mm)
Provenance
Cuttings originally mounted on the flyleaf of M.61, which was purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Decoration: 1 miniature (M.61a.1) of the Nativity with Joseph seated next to the Virgin in bed, Christ swaddled in a crib next to her faced by ass and ox on the left and praying, kneeling male saint on the right. 1 miniature (M.61a.2) of the Apostle Peter, full face, between two groups of men, three or four of whom appear to be Canons, wearing almuces, one tonsured; the others are civilians.
Artist: workshop of the Virgil Master.
Texts: Text on verso of each cutting indicates they may be from a Bible historiale.
Originally mounted on the flyleaf of M.61, now housed separately.
Revised: 2015
Artist: workshop of the Virgil Master.
Texts: Text on verso of each cutting indicates they may be from a Bible historiale.
Originally mounted on the flyleaf of M.61, now housed separately.
Revised: 2015
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