Christ in Majesty [recto]

early 12th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.7 x 12.3 cm (6 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1961.17.3.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 26

Associated Artworks

The Crucifixion [verso]

French 12th Century

1100

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Dr. Erwin Rosenthal, Berkeley, CA); purchased 1956 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to the National Gallery, 1961.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Art of the Romanesque, University Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, IN, 1960-1961, no. 10, repro.

1965

  • Of Time and the Image: Three Periods of Change, Philadelphia College of Art, 1965-1966, no. 23.

1973

  • The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 1973, no. 2, repro.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 26, repro.

Bibliography

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: no. 26.

Wikidata ID

Q64570751

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