TWO SHEETS from the same Book of Hours printed and coloured on vellum: the Deposition and the Chalice containing the Blood of Christ. Animated margins of secular scenes with numerous characters and animals, scrolls and fantastic bestiary; bust sibyls under arcatures in two angles on each page.
Paris, Simon Vostre d'après Jean d'Ypres, 1488-1508
Height of the engraving: about 16.5 cm - Widths: from 11.2 cm to 12.3 cm
In coasters
State of conservation: remarkable
Works consulted: G. Hendel, Les livres d'Heures imprimés de la collection du musée national de la Renaissance, Paris, 2017; Exposition Paris 2019, Mystérieux coffrets - Estampes au temps de la Dame à la Licorne, Musée de Cluny- Musée national du Moyen Age, S. Lepape, M
. Huynh et C. Vrand sous la dir. de, cat.
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