UNKNOWN MASTER, illuminator
(14th century)

Legend of Saint Ladislas, page from the Anjou Legendarium

1330s
Tempera on parchment, 283 x 215 mm
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican

This collection of legends were made on the occasion of the Italian journey of Charles Robert of Anjou and the child Prince Andrew. Fragments of this collection can be found in the Vatican, in the Morgan Library, New York and in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The collection contains stories from the life of saints important for the House of Anjou. It was intended for children with brief text for the picture. The painters of the legendarium came from Bologna and they painted in the style of the Italian trecento.

The scenes represented on this page: Saint Ladislas and the Devil, Battle of Saint Ladislas with the Cumanians, Saint Ladislas is wounded, Conquering the Cumanian.


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