Apr 15, 2004 - Sale 2002

Sale 2002 - Lot 115

Price Realized: $ 4,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ST. NICHOLAS. large illuminated initial a in colors and gold on vellum leaf from latin antiphonary. Initial approximately 130x130 mm, leaf 470x335 mm. not examined out of frame. northern France or Flanders?early 16th century?

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The painting illuminates the first letter of the first word of the introit for the Feast of St. Nicholas and illustrates the legend of Nicholas bringing back to life 3 young boys that a wicked innkeeper had slaughtered for food during a famine.