Leaf from the van Alphen Hours: Initial H with Souls Cast into Hellmouth

mid 15th century

11 cm 14.5 cm

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This Dutch Book of Hours was made for a female patron, possibly pictured on fol. 109r, in the mid-fifteenth century. Originally richly illuminated by the workshop of the Master of Catherine of Cleves, the manuscript now lacks all of its full-page miniatures, although the eight...

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Made for an unidentified patron [1], mid 15th century. Member of the Sashers family [2]. Collection of van der Feer Lader [3]. Ph. J. van Alfen of Doorn, Netherlands [4]. Sale, Sotheby's, December 6 1971, lot 54; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1971.[1] Possibly the woman kneeling in prayer to the Man of Sorrows in the historiated initial on folio 109r, a member of the congregation of St. Agnes in Delft and who may have been related to Catherine of Cleves based on heraldic evidence[2] Cursive notes of births 1605-1610 on fols. 240r and 240v[3] Bookplate on inside upper cover, no. 83[4] Ex libris on first flyleaf
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