MINIATURIST, Bohemian
(active 1470-1490)

Prayer Book

1470-90
Manuscript (Rps. 4289)
Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Cracow

The miniature comes from a Prayers Book (folio 128v) which, according to tradition, was owned by Wladislaus II King of Bohemia (1471-1516) and Hungary (1490-1516). It represent Apostle Bartholomew before a patterned background with the gospel of St Matthew in his right hand.