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Fragment of an illuminated border (recto)
Fragment of decorative design (verso)

Maker

Follower of
Jean Bourdichon (artist)
1457-1521

Title

Fragment of an illuminated border (recto)
Fragment of decorative design (verso)

Date of Production

1400 - 1599

Medium

graphite (?), paint, shell gold (recto), pen and blue ink, red paint (verso), on parchment

Dimensions

Height: 5.5 cm
Width: 17.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.129

Mode of Acquisition

Anthony Blunt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1984

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



illumination

Provenance

Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), n.d.; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: n/a.

Inscription: Verso (no longer visible, see photo): left edge, graphite: “P / 140-10 =335 //”. Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), all in graphite: crossed out from "Lombard" through "skin": "Lombard border, on vellum skin, circa 1500 / Studio of Bourdichon //"; "item / 19 / C82 / £30 P //"; "140-10=335".

Collector's mark: none.

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