Leaf from a Book of Hours (recto and verso), c. 1500, Unknown Netherlandish, 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( x cm) (image)6 1/4 x 4 7/16 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Ink, gouache and gold, Netherlands / Flanders, 15th century, Flemish Books of Hours were often decorated with borders of plants and animals set against a gold-colored background. Here, much of the actual gold used to embellish the decorated letters has been scraped away, exposing the bright white of the gesso used to seal the porous surface of the vellum prior to gilding

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