Opmerking vertaler: Juraj (Julije) Klović (Vinodol, 1498 – Rome, 1578), painter and illuminator, born in Croatia and lived in Italy, the last great miniaturist of the European Renaissance and of Humanism, known as the Michelangelo of the miniature. In 1578 he illustrated "Commentary on the Epistle of St Paul to the Romans", in the style of Raphael and Michelangelo, but with mannerist elements. In 1546 he completed his masterpiece, "Office of the Virgin Mary" (Officium Virginis) with 28 miniatures, scenes from the Old and New Testaments.
