Fragment of an illuminated border (recto)
Fragment of decorative design (verso)
Maker
Follower of
Jean Bourdichon (artist)
1457-1521
Jean Bourdichon (artist)
1457-1521
Title
Fragment of an illuminated border (recto)
Fragment of decorative design (verso)
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
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.
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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