Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew
Abstract/Contents
- Description
- Giovanni Decio (Milan, 1480). Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew (175 x 235 mm) in an initial D. The first of a family of painters that included his son Giacomo and later Giovanni Antonio Decio. The illumination opens the section of a Choirbook beginning with the vigil of the feast of Saint Andrew (November 30). The banner “Venite post me” begins the Biblical passage: “Come follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”. This is one of the rare manuscript paintings that is signed and dated “1480, IOAN[ES] DE DEXI [O] F [ECIT].
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Place | Milan |
| Date created | 1480 |
| Language | Latin |
Creators/Contributors
| Artist | Giovanni Decio |
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Subjects
| Genre | Illuminations (painting) |
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Bibliographic information
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/qg312jm8718 |
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| Location | Item: 33 |
| Location | M2223 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Collection
T. Robert & Katherine States Burke collection of late medieval and early Renaissance miniatures, 1175-1510
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