The Flight into Egypt, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin [France (Paris), c.1410]

single leaf, 175x124mm, vellum, miniature for Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin, 18 lines, 85x58mm, verso with illuminated two-line initial and partial border, slightly cockled, faint smudge to sky, framed

The Flight into Egypt is painted by the EGERTON MASTER (see previous lot). Notably fine are the small faces of the Virgin and infant Jesus. The short and dense brushstrokes used for the landscape and the tiny feathery grey trees in the hilly background are especially characteristic for his work.

From the same manuscript as the previous lot.