LOT DETAILS

Materials:

vellum

Measurements:

11.61 in. (29.50 cm.) (height) by 7.09 in. (18.00 cm.) (width)

Provenance:

Since the 19th century, Illertissen (near Ulm), collection of the Baron of Ponickau auf Schloss Osterberg. - 1995 London, Sam Fogg. - thence to the current collection. Bibliography: - Friedrich G. Zeileis Più ridon le carte (3.ed.), Rauris 2014, pp. 396-398. Further cited literature: - Ulrike Bauer Eberhardt, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung. Die Iitalienischen Miniaturen des 13-16. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1984, pp. 47-52. - Maria Luisa Gatti Perer, Mario Marubbi (ed.) Tesori miniati. Codici e incunaboli dei fondi antichi di Bergamo e Brescia, Milan 1995, pp. 162-166. The most likely author of this piece is the Lombard illuminator Giovanni Pietro Birago, who some years earlier (1471-74) had illuminated various volumes of the choir book series for Brescia cathedral.