1480~, Lombardy
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1480~, Lombardy
Metropolitan Museum of Art- Identifier
- 14.40.705
- Transfer of custody
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Acquisition
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Collection
- Technique
- Embroidery 99%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 66%
- Dimension
- 8.6 cm (height)10.5 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
Description
The technique of enamel painting is thought to have been introduced into Lombardy between 1470 and 1480. The style here is close to that of several miniature painters who worked for the Milanese ducal court of the Sforza. The frame is a sixteenth-century addition.
