Book Cover

Italian (Sienese) Painter

Date unknown · Tempera on wood · European Paintings

The cover is decorated with the chancellor, the clerk, and a purveyor doing their accounts. Inscribed: "Book of the income and expenses of the Biccherna of the commune of Siena from the first of July to the first of January, 1343", followed by the names of the committee members and of its clerk.

Artist: Italian (Sienese) Painter
Date: Date unknown
Medium: Tempera on wood
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1910

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