Sold for:
$2,640
$2,640
Illuminated Letter, c. 1450. Large initial C clipped from a large parchment musical manuscript, with the IHS emblem surmounted by an angel, and two angelic supplicants beneath, painted in red, green, and blue, with grotesque faces worked into the blue stylized acanthus that makes up the letter itself, gold ground, highlighted in translucent white, plaitwork border, and an interesting stylized log painted in green at the foot, in a carved, gilt, double-glazed frame, with the music visible on the verso, 3 3/4 x 5 in., 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. overall, with frame.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
