Master of Isabella di Chiaromonte
Neapolitan manuscript illuminator (fl. 15th c.)
About Master of Isabella di Chiaromonte
The Master of Isabella di Chiaromonte was a manuscript illuminator active in Naples between 1455 and 1469.
The anonymous master decorated the incipit page of a copy of the prophetic books of the Old Testament for in 1466. It was confiscated by King Ferdinand I in the aftermath of the Conspiracy of the Barons (1485–1487) and is now Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Italien 3. Morgan Library M. 389, a copy of the Phaenomena Aratea, was illustrated by the master for Antonello Petrucci, who was executed for his part in the rebellion in 1487.
The anonymous master decorated a pocket-sized miscellany for Roberto Sanseverino in 1467–1468, now Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 269. The other book of hours is Walters Art Museum W.328.
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