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Antonio da Monza

Italian Illuminator · 1480–1505

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The illuminator Antonio da Monza brought a Renaissance fascination with antiquity to the art of manuscript illumination at the end of the 1400s and beginning of the 1500s. Identified through his signature on a miniature from a liturgical book made for Pope Alexander VI and now in Vienna, he was a native of Monza, outside of Milan, and a member of the Franciscan Order. Antonio's artistic style was

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Date
late 15th or early 16th century
Medium
Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink
Culture
Italian
Department
Manuscripts
Institution
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