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Solomon Praying to the Holy Spirit
Creator
Willem VrelantFlemish Illuminator · 1481–1481
All works by this person →Willem Vrelant was one of the most prolific, influential, and commercially successful illuminators working in Bruges during the third quarter of the 1400s. He moved from his home in Utrecht to Bruges sometime before 1454, when he was recorded as an active member of the Bruges guild of Saint John the Evangelist, which served illuminators, scribes, parchment-makers, and others involved in the book t
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- early 1460s
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink
- Culture
- Flemish
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 22d50d18-16b3-40de-961a-c22b9b510476
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