Vasco Fernández de Lucena and the Duke of Burgundy - 19th C Engraving
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Original 19th-century steel engraving with Vasco Fernández de Lucena offering his book to the Duke of Burgundy, in a Gothic interior with a silver buffet, a falconer and a dwarf in the foreground. The lettering states that the scene is taken from an illuminated manuscript in the Royal Library.
Original 19th-century steel engraving with Vasco Fernández de Lucena offering his book to the Duke of Burgundy, in a Gothic interior with a silver buffet, a falconer and a dwarf in the foreground. The lettering states that the scene is taken from an illuminated manuscript in the Royal Library.
A book leaf with the heading Portugal and bilingual French-Spanish lettering, printed under the direction of the Lemaitre workshop. Fernández de Lucena was a 15th-century Portuguese humanist, diplomat and chronicler, ambassador of Afonso V at the Burgundian court.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Engraver: Under the direction of the Lemaitre workshop.
Date: 19th century.
Source: Book leaf, page 15.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 in (21.5 x 14.5 cm).
Condition: Toned paper, with uneven edges and a small stain in the upper margin; the plate mark clean.
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Original 19th-century steel engraving with Vasco Fernández de Lucena offering his book to the Duke of Burgundy, in a Gothic interior with a silver buffet, a falconer and a dwarf in the foreground. The lettering states that the scene is taken from an illuminated manuscript in the Royal Library.