ID 470150
Lot 15 | Perrin Rémiet (fl1386-1428)
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
Emperor Tiberius finds a God-given treasure
EMPEROR TIBERIUS FINDS A GOD-GIVEN TREASURE, miniature cut from a Grandes chroniques de France, manuscript on vellum illuminated by Perrin Rémiet [Paris, c.1400-1410].
Miniature: 71 x 90mm on a cutting 113 x 117mm, depicting the Roman Emperor Tiberius gesturing towards the uncovered hoard of coins, the miniature above a four-line illuminated initial with extended border flourishing, 6 lines of text in a single column, 17 lines on verso. Mounted. Provenance: Marc van de Wiele Auctions, 7 March 2009, lot 765.
The subject matter of the miniature is unusual; it appears in Royal MS 16 G VI (f.50r) opening book 3, chapter 6.
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