Opus Petri : Renaissance illuminated books from Venice and Rome

Author

Armstrong, Lilian

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Viator. 1990, Vol. 21, p. 385-412, 24 ill.

ISSN

0083-5897

Abstract (en)

Reconstructs the career of a north Italian miniaturist named Petrus whose signature appears on an illuminated frontispiece detached from a copy of Pliny's Historia naturalis printed in Venice in 1476. Argues that his work reflects Milanese, Ferrarese, Paduan, and Venetian influences, and establishes these links through the known or probable patronage of Leonardo Botta (Milanese ambassador to Venice), Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Alfonso d'Aragona, and Celso Maffei. Includes an appendix of 11 works ascribed to Petrus.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- Italy
• Petrus, act.1476
• Italy
• Manuscript illumination
• 1400-1500
• Botta, Leonardo, ca.1431-1513
• Sforza, Galeazzo Maria, duca di Milano, 1444-1476
• Alfonso II d'Aragona, king of Naples, 1448-1495
• Maffei, Celso, 1415/25-1508
• Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus), ca.23-79 A.D.
• Naturalis historia
• Illustration

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Italie
• Petrus, act.1476
• Italie
• Enluminure
• 1400-1500
• Botta, Leonardo, v.1431-1513
• Sforza, Galeazzo Maria, duca di Milano, 1444-1476
• Alfonso II d'Aragona, roi de Naples, 1448-1495
• Maffei, Celso, 1415/25-1508
• Pline l'Ancien (Caius Plinius Secundus), v.23-79 ap. J.C.
• Naturalis historia
• Illustration

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00415055

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