The Birth of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "G" from an Antiphonal

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Master of Jacques de Besançon

Title

The Birth of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "G" from an Antiphonal

Place

France (Artist's nationality)

Date

1485–1515

Medium

Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in black, ruled in red, on parchment

Dimensions

16 × 16.8 cm (6 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel P. Avery Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1931.24

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