The miniature shows the last judgment. It is arranged under a banner with the text of Matt 25.34,41. The border has 6 medallions, also cuttings, 4 depicting Adam and Eve and the other 2 emblematic including the motto of Pope Clement VII "Candor ilesus". At bottom is a composition with the papal Medici arms. The miniature has been attributed to Jacopo del Giallo and to Vincent Raymond. Glazed and in an early red and gold painted frame, 48 x 41 cm. Pope Clement VII; Luigi Celotti (his sale, Christies, London 26 May 1825, lot 75); Quaritch (catalogue 1948, no. 11). Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
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