A Sacrifice, full-page miniature [Italy, c.1540]

single leaf, c.237x165mm, vellum, miniature on verso with gutter fold to right, recto blank, small holes and darkened towards the edges, in a 19th-century gilt frame

Provenance: (1) Ambroise-Théodore Comte d’Estampes (1830-89), a late descendant of the noble d’Estampes family originating in Berry in the 14th century, notably Robinet d’Estampes, the treasurer of Jean, Duc de Berry: armorial label on back of frame ‘Collection du Comte d'Estampes, 12, Rue Pigalle’. (2) Priv. coll., US.

From the same manuscript as the previous lot.

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