Leaf from a Book of Hours (recto and verso)

Possibly The School of the Master of Mary of Burgundy, late 15th century

Manuscript books could be purchased from a given workshop in various levels of quality. The colorful leaf seen here shows an ingenious method of producing a pleasing book using artists of middling skill. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Possibly The School of the Master of Mary of Burgundy ¹
Date: late 15th century ¹
Medium: Ink, gouache, and gold leaf on vellum ¹
Original: 2,182 × 3,296 px ¹
License: Public domain (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966

Object record, Minneapolis Institute of Art

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