Abraham Drawing the Children of Israel to His Breast, and Christ with Kneeling Monks, from an Antiphonary

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Abraham Drawing the Children of Israel to His Breast, and Christ with Kneeling Monks, from an Antiphonary

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

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1330–1340

Medium

Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf decorations, and gothic liturgical hand inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in red ink, on parchment

Dimensions

32.7 × 21.2 cm (12 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Field Museum of Natural History Exchange

Reference Number

1919.979

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