Title
Petrarch's Virgil
Caption
Petrarch's Virgil (title page) c. 1336 Manuscript. Thanks to Petrarch's sonnets we know that the poet and the painter became very good friends. Simone martini must undoubtedly have been influenced by the proto-Humanist cultural world of Petrarch, and we can see clearly how the manuscript illumination of Petrarch's Virgil in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan
Date
14th century
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP17A29_037
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (2,1Mb) / 12,7in x 18,3in / 3813 x 5500 (300dpi)