Eichhorn, Peter (-1563)
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Luzern, Staatsarchiv, Pontifikallektionar
Parchment · 38 ff. · 33 x 24 cm · 1557
Pontifical-lectionary of Abbot Peter Eichhorn of Wettingen Abbey
This is the only know work of monogrammist B.G.; it was created in 1557 for Abbot Peter I. Eichhorn (†1563) of Wettingen Abbey. While most of the many initials are based on woodcuts by Bernard Salomon (Quadrins historiques de la Bible, Lyon 1553), the painter composed the decoration of the margins independently and very charmingly with allusions to the name of the client (Eichhorn = squirrel) who commissioned the work as well as to a motif of geese.
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- Eichhorn, Peter (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Eichhorn, Peter (Patron) | Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description