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DiaporamaBook of Hours of Afonso I d’Este
1507
27.0 x 18.0 cm
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
The emblems with the heraldic devices and titles ofAfonso I d’Este (1476-1534), the third Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, appear in the illuminated margins that frame the texts in this book of hours, confirming that this leading figure from the Italian Renaissance was its owner.Each of the offices in this prayer-book starts with a folio that has a historiated initial letter and exuberantly decorated margins. The backgrounds, gilded or black with gold stippling, are decorated with pearls, cameos and precious stones set among flowers, fruit and animals, as well as groups of strange grotesques.Folio 94r, which introduces the Office of the Dead, has a large initial letter with the figure of Death, depicted as a skeleton in female attire, looking in a mirror that reflects the image of Man
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About this artwork
- Title: Book of Hours of Afonso I d’Este
- Artist: Matteo da Milano
- Year: 1507
- Original dimensions: 27.0 x 18.0 cm
- Format: Panoramic
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
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