Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
Illustration — The Christ Child Surrounded by the Instruments of the Passion, f.31v. The Prayerbook of Albert of Brandenburg is a c.1525-1530 illuminated manuscript produced in Flanders by Simon Bening for cardinal Albert of Brandenburg. It contains 42 full page miniatures and 35 pages decorated with marginal scenes.
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Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
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Illustration — The Christ Child Surrounded by the Instruments of the Passion, f.31v. The Prayerbook of Albert of Brandenburg is a c.1525-1530 illuminated manuscript produced in Flanders by Simon Bening for cardinal Albert of Brandenburg. It contains 42 full page miniatures and 35 pages decorated with marginal scenes.
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It is now in the J. Paul Getty Museum, with the catalogue number MS. Ludwig IX 19.
Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg is recorded as the work of Simon Bening.
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