PROBABLY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD

by With A. Very Fine Miniature Of The Harrowing

$18,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Delft: ca. 1470 . Leaf: 175 x 122 mm. 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 ; Frame: 250 x 195 mm. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 . No text on recto or verso. In an attractive wooden frame. A FINELY PAINTED MINIATURE OF THE HARROWING OF HELL within an arch-topped compartment, the mouth of hell depicted on the left with a fiery red interior and five people emerging from it, the figure of Christ on the left, holding a cross on a long staff and half-clothed in a pink and blue robe, the

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