Master of Guillaume Lambert (active c. 1475-1490) Dormition of the Virgin, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Lyons, c.1475-1480] A full-page miniature by the Master of Guillaume Lambert, the illuminator known for a Book of Hours dated 1484 owned by the prominent Lyonnais scribe of that name. 180 x 118mm. The Dormition of the Virgin opening vespers in the Hours of the Virgin. Reverse with 18 lines of text, seven illuminated initials and line fillers, ruled space: 96 x 50mm (two small areas of pigment loss including to the Virgin’s robe, two faint creases). Mounted. Provenance: Drouot, Delorme & Collin du Bocage, 31 March 2004. This striking rendering of the Dormition of the Virgin was painted by the Master of Guillaume Lambert (active c.1475-1490), the artist named by John Plummer for a Book of Hours signed, dated 1484 and localised to Lyons by ownership inscriptions added by the prominent local scribe of that name (The Last Flowering, 1982, no 99; for the Book of Hours, see Christie’s, 19 November 2003, lot 25 and H. Tenschert, Leuchtendes Mittelalter VI, 1994, no 74). One of a circle of illuminators active in Lyons in the last decades of the 15th century (for further reference, see E. Burin, Manuscript Illumination in Lyons 1473-1530, 2001, pp.7-24), the Master of Guillaume Lambert stands out from his associates, such as the Getty Master and the Rosenberg Master, for his innovative compositions: he favours a narrow format, crowding his scenes with figures and sometimes cutting those closest to the picture edge off at the knee. He is responsible for four extant manuscripts, contributing miniatures to a further seven: eight leaves cut from Books of Hours are also known, the earliest of which are an Annunciation to the Shepherds and a Trinity at the Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 11:2-3), painted between 1475 and 1480. The mass of decorative triangular folds, identified by Burin in the gold dress of a shepherdess and the gold cloak of God the Father, can be seen here in the cloak of St Peter.
Master of Guillaume Lambert (active c. 1475-1490) Dormition of the Virgin, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Lyons, c.1475-1480] A full-page miniature by the Master of Guillaume Lambert, the illuminator known for a Book of Hours dated 1484 owned by the prominent Lyonnais scribe of that name. 180 x 118mm. The Dormition of the Virgin opening vespers in the Hours of the Virgin. Reverse with 18 lines of text, seven illuminated initials and line fillers, ruled space: 96 x 50mm (two small areas of pigment loss including to the Virgin’s robe, two faint creases). Mounted. Provenance: Drouot, Delorme & Collin du Bocage, 31 March 2004. This striking rendering of the Dormition of the Virgin was painted by the Master of Guillaume Lambert (active c.1475-1490), the artist named by John Plummer for a Book of Hours signed, dated 1484 and localised to Lyons by ownership inscriptions added by the prominent local scribe of that name (The Last Flowering, 1982, no 99; for the Book of Hours, see Christie’s, 19 November 2003, lot 25 and H. Tenschert, Leuchtendes Mittelalter VI, 1994, no 74). One of a circle of illuminators active in Lyons in the last decades of the 15th century (for further reference, see E. Burin, Manuscript Illumination in Lyons 1473-1530, 2001, pp.7-24), the Master of Guillaume Lambert stands out from his associates, such as the Getty Master and the Rosenberg Master, for his innovative compositions: he favours a narrow format, crowding his scenes with figures and sometimes cutting those closest to the picture edge off at the knee. He is responsible for four extant manuscripts, contributing miniatures to a further seven: eight leaves cut from Books of Hours are also known, the earliest of which are an Annunciation to the Shepherds and a Trinity at the Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 11:2-3), painted between 1475 and 1480. The mass of decorative triangular folds, identified by Burin in the gold dress of a shepherdess and the gold cloak of God the Father, can be seen here in the cloak of St Peter.
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