The Spitzer Hours, a masterpiece of 16th century Flemish illumination, is a remarkably luxurious prayerbook made for a fashionable, wealthy patron. Dr. Bodo Brinkmann, curator of Old Master Paintings at the Kunstmuseum Basel, offers fascinating insights on the artwork and the origins of this beautiful book.
The ‘Spitzer Hours’. Book of Hours for the use of Rome. Manuscript in Latin on vellum, illuminated by the Master of the David Scenes in the Grimani Breviary, the Master of the Prayerbooks of around 1500, the Master of Add. 15677 and a hand from the circle of the Master of James IV of Scotland. Flanders, Bruges, c. 1520.
To see this and other splendid manuscripts in person, visit us at our stand 114 at TEFAF Maastricht from March 15-20. We look forward to welcome you at our stand!
