Miniatures Collection (#8)

Deer Hunting forest deer young torn apart pack
Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting. In a forest, a deer with young are torn apart by a pack of dogs. After an original by Jean Baptiste Oudry

Ancient manuscript Illuminations miniatures 1934
Ancient manuscript Illuminations & miniatures. 1934, Middle East

Cynegetica: treatise on hunting and fishing by Oppianus. Greek school (11th c.). Hunting for Birds. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St)

Looking for sulphur near a volcano. Illustration from Tractatus de Herbis, 15th c. from De Materia Medica by Dioscorides. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Modena. Estense Library

Charles VIII being presented with a Book. Miniature from The Great Chronicles of France, 15th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. National Library of the Turin University

NOTKER BALBULUS (840-912). Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St. Gall. Poet and composer of Gregorian chant. Codex Sangallensis 376. Missal manuscript ca

Convenevole da Prato (h. 1270-1338). Regia Carmina
Convenevole da Prato (h.1270-1338). Regia Carmina, s. XIV. Knight of the house of Anjou. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. National Library

Glass blower. Illustration of Tractatus de Herbis, 15 c. of the work De Materia Medica. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Modena. Estense Library

Anatomy of the Human Body. Persian manuscript (16th c.) illustrating the muscles and nervous system in a male body in a squatting position. Persian art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE

Francis I Phoebus of Foix (1469-1483). King of Navarre (1479-1483) and count of Foix (1472). 15th century french manuscript with instructions on the art of war. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN

Trocortesian or Madrid Codex. s. XIV. Detail. Maya
Trocortesian or Madrid Codex. s.XIV. Detail. Maya art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Americas Museum

Red Book of Montserrat. 14th c. - 16th c. Medieval music from Aquitaine to be danced in a church. Score, 15th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA

VALTURIO, Roberto (1405-1475). De re militari. 1446 - 1455. Military engineering treaty. Project of chariot of war. 1470 edition. Watercolour. ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Capitular Library

Jewish merchant, 18th c. Hindu art. Miniature Painting

PIPPIN III the Short (714 - 768). King of the Franks (741-768). Illustration on vellum. Manuscript 4 of Codex Legum Longobardorum. 1004. Lombard School. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY

The Siete Partidas (Seven-Part Code), aka Libro de las Leyes or Libro de las Posturas, was a Castilian statutory code first compiled during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile (1252-1284)

Rabanus Maurus. De Rerum Naturis, 11th c
RABANUS, Maurus (c. 780 - 856). De universo or De rerum naturis. 842 - 847. Codex 132. Heaven and zodiac signs. Edition of the 11th century from the original Carolingian manuscript. Romanesque art

Codex Capodilista, 1435. Knight
CAPODILISTA, Giovanni Francesco (15th c. - 15th c.). Capodilista Codex. 1434. Knight holding a standard. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Padua

Codex Capodilista, 1434. Veronese Knight
CAPODILISTA, Giovanni Francesco (15th c. - 15th c.). Capodilista Codex. 1434. Knight holding a standard and the Arms of Verona. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO

Codex Osuna, 16th C Spanish viceroyship in Mexico
Codex Osuna (Cod e Osuna). 16th c. Manuscrit written in nauhtl and spanish, that compiles the acusations against the Viceroy de Mexico Luis Velasco

Young Private, 6th Battalion (City of London Rifles), WW1
Head and shoulders miniature portrait of a young Private, possibly of the 6th Battalion (City of London Rifles), by Alice James, RMS RWA (fl. 1887-1930)

Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents Joseph to the harem. Indo-Persian Art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. City Library

Anne Mee, Artist
ANNE MEE Artist specialising in portrait miniatures : we have several examples of her work in our files. Date: 1775 - 1851

Carolingian Empire. Charlemagne welcomes Pope Leo XIII who fled Rome. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. National Library of the Turin University

FILARETE, Antonio Avelino, also called El FILARETE (1400-1465). Architect and sculptor. Architecturae Libri. Architects and bricklayers working. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice

Map of the West of African coast with the Islands of Macaronesia, the Canary Isles and Cape Verde. 1514. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Maritime Museum

Mongol Empire. Court of Gengis Khan. Illustration
" Mongol Empire. Court of Gengis Khan. Illustration from the " History of the Mongols". Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Two Indian warriors. Hindu art. Miniature Painting

Chart by Joan Martines. Island of Sicily (1591). Miniature Painting

Balthasar Gerbier
BALTHASAR GERBIER Dutch artist, reputed for his miniatures. Date: 1592 - 1667

Jean Guillaume Baur
JEAN GUILLAUME BAUR French artist, reputed for his miniatures, who worked mainly in Italy and Austria. Date: 1600 - 1640

Attorney law teaching at the University of Bologna. Statutes of notaries. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Cynegetica: Oppianos treatise on hunting and fishing. Protecting sheeps from wolves. Greek school (11th c.). Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice

Siege of a city. Illustration in the Roman d Ogier le Danois (Romance of Ogier the Dane), printed in Paris by Antoine V鲡 rd (1498). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin

HENRY II, also called Saint Henry (973-1024). Holy Roman Emperor (1014-1024). Christ crowns Emperor Henry II. A Miniature from the Sacramentary of Henry II. Miniature Painting. GERMANY. BAVARIA

Atlas by Fern㯠Vaz Dourado, 1571. Chart 1: Northern
Atlas by Fern㯠 Vaz Dourado, 1571. Chart 1: Northern Europe. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. National Archive of the Tower of the Tombo

Festival of Portuguese Fleet. illustration from Livros do Al魠 Douro da Leitura Nova. 16th c. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. National Archive of the Tower of the Tombo

LOUIS VI the Fat, of France (1081-1137). King of the Franks (1108-1137). King Louis VI (1080-1137) Watching the Construction of a Church, from the Grandes Chroniques de France 1375-79. Gothic art

Aeneas built a castle in Italy and sends his wise messengers to the king Latinus in Laurentum. Scene from the Aeneid of Virgil in french manuscript From the creation of the world to the conquest of

Ludovic Meets the Four Witches from Visio Ludovici de Francia (the Vision of Louis of France) at the Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Purgatory of Saint Patrick), 14th c. Gothic art

Fouquet, Jean (1420-1481). Grandes Chroniques de France (Great Chronicles of France). 1455-1460. Wars of Charlemagne. Edition of Antoine V鲡 rd, 1493. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Detail of soldiers in Commentarius in Apocalypsim (Commentary on the Apocalypse) (776-786) work of Beatus of Li颡 na. 11th-12th century catalan copy of the visigothic Beatus of Girona of 976

Fouquet, Jean (1420-1481). Two knights fighting. Illustration from The Great Chronicles of France (XIV). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Siege of a city. 14th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Delivery of the flag of the city of Padua to a prince Carraresi. Illustration from Chronica Carrarensinus, 14th century. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Capitular Library

Book of Hours of the Countess of Bertiandos. 16th c. The creation of the world. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Academia das Ciꮣ ias de Lisboa (Academy of Sciences of Lisbon)

Book of Hours of Marguerite d Orl顮s. ca. 1430
Book of Hours of Marguerite d Orl顮 s. ca. 1430. Fol. 174. Mary Magdalene. Margin miniatures with Journey to the Country of Prester John. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE

The Fables of Bidpai. Folio 6: Healing of an ill. German edition from 1480 after the Hindu original from 1348. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly

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