Two miniatures, on parchment, both fragments of a Book of Hours, depicting events in the Passion of Christ, both in color with gold and burnished gold. The first depicts the Flagellation of Christ within a stylized architectural frame. The second depicts the Carrying of the Cross in a stylized landscape which includes two other crosses erected against a gold diapered background
Description:
Attributed to the workshop of Jacquemart de Hesdin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacquemart, de Hesdin, active 1380-1411. and Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Passion, Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
BEIN 2003 Folio 88 16: Cropped stamp: Rooke & Cos. From the collection of Paul Mellon., For piano., and Lithograph on t.p. of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the park and City Hall, New York. Signed: J. Brandard.