Patron

The person responsible for commissioning a work.

The person responsible for commissioning a work. Portraits of patrons are known throughout the Middle Ages, but they grew in popularity beginning in the fourteenth century. See also Donor.

  • Arabic:
    مستنسخ ;مستكتب
  • Armenian:
    Ստացող
  • French:
    patron
  • Italian:
    patrono
  • Latin:
    patronum
  • Portuguese:
    patrono
  • Spanish:
    patrón

Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).