02-12-2022, 04:32 AM
To return to the sleeves.
They existed at various times, from the 13th to the 16th century.
For me (personal opinion) no reason to doubt the date.
When I compare the Lauber vs. VM, it is not the clothing or the attitude of the people I am looking at. I have seen these again and again in 200 years.
It is the choice of colours that puzzles me. They make it look so familiar.
The colours make me suspect that they were applied later.
In some paintings, for example the flower viola. The colours were applied very cleanly and conscientiously.
In others, very sloppy and botched. It looks to me as if there was no time.
Here the assumption is that some colours were added later to achieve a better price for the book, and this had to be done quickly.
Perhaps he was familiar with the Lauber books.
This would have happened shortly before Rudolf's purchase.
As I said, this is pure speculation.