ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI
(b. 1452, Castelfiorentino, d. ca. 1525, Firenze)

Philostratus: Codex Heroica

1487-90
Manuscript
National Széchényi Library, Budapest

The picture shows the frontispiece of the Codex Heroica by Philostratus (c. 171-c. 248), a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. The codex was illuminated by the Florentine painter Attavante degli Attavanti.




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