The Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg, Illuminated Manuscript by Simon Bening : the Final Lot in the Sale of a Second Selection of Illuminated Manuscripts from c.1000 to c.1522, the Property of Mr. J. R. Ritman Sold for the Benefit of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam [ Sotheby's, auction catalogue, sale date: 19 June, 2001 ].

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Illustrated boards, large 8vo, 98 pp, plates, ills. Lot 36. This catalogue is entiirely devoted to the Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg: "One of the grandest and most celebrated illuminated Manuscripts in private hands, illustrated wtth 93 miniatures, including 43 half-page miniatures by Simon Bening (1483-1561)". Provenance: written and illuminated for Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490-1545), Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Primate of Germany and principal opponent of Martin Luther, humanist, scholar, patron of artists including Dürer, Cranach and Grünewald. Near Fine. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-59202

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