David in Prayer

1400/1405

Follower of Master of the Golden Bull

Associated Names
Anonymous Artist

Artist

Master of the Golden Bull

Related Artist, Bohemian, active c. 1400

This is a painting of an illuminated manuscript page with musical notation. The page features text in Latin with musical notation in black ink on red-ruled staves. The text includes decorative initials in red, and a large ornate initial "L" in the lower portion of the page with a detailed miniature of a figure in a green robe within a gilded background with floral designs. The left margin is adorned with vine-like decorations with foliage and circular motifs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 56.8 x 40.6 cm (22 3/8 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 41, State A

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1953

  • Medieval and Renaissance Music Manuscripts, Toledo Museum of Art, OH, 1953, no. 62.

1956

  • Life and Lives in the Renaissance, Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; and Columbia Museum of Art, SC, 1956, no. 42.

1971

  • A Selection of X-Xv Century Medieval Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 31.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 41A, repro.

Bibliography

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: 41, A.

Wikidata ID

Q64562107

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