File:Siege of a city, medieval miniature.jpg
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| Siege of a city | |
|---|---|
| Artist |
Anonymous |
| Title |
Siege of a city |
| Description |
Siege of a city. Painted miniature from a luxury copy of an incunable print of Ogier le Danois, ed. Antoine Vérard, Paris 1496–1499, held at Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin, XV-V-183, fol. diii v. Illustration of a fictional reconquest of Rome from Saracen occupiers by Charlemagne ("Comment le roy charlemaigne fist armer son ost pour aller assaillir romme et comment ... la ville fut prinse..."). |
| Date | 1496 |
| Collection | Biblioteca Nazionale di Torino |
| Current location |
Turin, Italia |
| Accession number |
XV-V-183 |
| Notes |
Mistakenly described as a "Scene from a battle defending Constantinople" by Bridgeman Art Library [1] and by several websites and publications following it (e.g. [2]). Also claimed to be an illustration of the 1453 Fall of Constantinople by many websites. Cf. en:Talk:Fall of Constantinople#Miniature depicting siege for discussion of provenance and topic identification. Note that according to this [3] print, the original appearance in the Turin codex may be mirrored. |
| Source/Photographer | Biblioteca Nacional de la Universidad de Turín |
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