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Calendar leaf from the Sforza Hours

Giovan Pietro Birago, c. 1490

The calendar leaf is one of only three surviving leaves stolen from Birago's workshop before the manuscript had been bound into the book in the 1490s. The peasants in the background are occupied with wine-making while the nobles in the foreground are hunting, representing October. The rest of the Sforza Hours together with the other two stolen leaves are already in the British Library collection. This work was acquired with assistance from the Wolfson Foundation.

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Title of artwork, date

Calendar leaf from the Sforza Hours, c. 1490

Date supported

2004

Medium and material

Tempera & gold on parchment

Dimensions

11 x 9 cm

Grant

131000

Total cost

191000

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