The Judge Judah (?)

1210/1220

German 13th Century

Associated Names
German 13th Century

Artist

This is a painting of an illuminated manuscript page. The page features a large initial 'V' with intricate designs in the center-left section. The initial is set against a gold background with red and blue foliage-like decorations. To the left of the initial is a figure draped in robes standing on a green base. The figure is stylized with a halo surrounding the head. The text on the page is written in a medieval Latin script, with the first line highlighted in red. The style is typical of medieval manuscript illumination.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.9 x 14.4 cm (9 x 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 31

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R. Forrer (Lugt Supp.941a)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 4, repro.

1953

  • Mediaeval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Los Angeles County Museum, 1953-1954, no. 21, repro.

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. 45.

1965

  • Works of Faith, Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 1965, no cat.

1971

  • A Selection of X-Xv Century Medieval Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 10, repro.

1972

  • Mediaeval Manuscripts from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame, 1972, no. 2, repro.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 31, repro.

1995

  • Henry the Lion and His Time, Burg Dankewarderode, Braunschweig, 1995.

2009

  • Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations from the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 2009.

Bibliography

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: no. 31.

1995

  • Luckhardt, Jochen and Franz Niehoff. Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit: Herrschaft und Repräsentation der Welfen 1125-1235. vol. 1. Munich, 1995: G50.

Wikidata ID

Q64571824

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