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Full page miniature painting on vellum. Vellum size 225 x 334 mm. Miniature size 210 x 260 mm.
" Miniature painting representing Saint-Martin on a white horse engaged with a half naked beggar, wearing only a loin cloth; and a dressed a begger holding a begger bowl . The miniature has a painted frame , width 25 mm, consisting of an inner and an outer gilt section, in the middle a black painted section. (the ''gilt'' sections are heightened with muschel gold). A curious detail of the frame is a painted pendant in the form of a cross or sword hilt (45 mm long) extending from the centre of the lower end of the frame. Saint-Martin is wearing an elegent bonnet with a very long feather, The collar of his coat is ermine. Without further arguments we tend to date this painting as from the 16th c. probably originating from France or the Southern Netherlands; On the recto side of vellum is a manuscript list or schedule pertaining to services to be executed by monks in an abbey (unidentified). Text in French, dated 1703.. Painted on thick vellum.. Vellum with some ondulations, Some abrasions of the miniature (rare in the picture, mainly at the painted frame). We acquired this miniature painting together with a pendant of the Annunciation. The Annunciation is described as another item (see under Annunciation). Price for the two items: 3000,00 Euro. Listed price here is for the Saint-Martin miniature."
