Initial I with David

1430s

Master of the Cypresses

Associated Names
Master of the Cypresses

Artist, Spanish, active 1434

This is a painting of a figure holding a tall column. The image features a richly dressed figure with a long beard wearing a crown, positioned in front of a decorative column and surrounded by stylized floral motifs with a predominantly blue hue. The background is gold leaf or a golden color, enhancing the regal and opulent feel of the piece. The outlines of the image have a pointed, shield-like shape, reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts or medieval heraldry. This is in the style of traditional illuminated manuscript art from the medieval period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.2 x 11.5 cm (6 x 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1226

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 46, State D

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased in Madrid in 1849 by William Stirling-Maxwell [1818 - 1878], London (from an album with his device and bookplate as William Stirling). (Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., New York); purchased 1960 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • A Selection of X-Xv Century Medieval Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 28, repro.

1972

  • Mediaeval Manuscripts from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame, 1972, no. 30, repro.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 46d, repro.

Bibliography

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: no. 46, D.

1993

  • Anderson, Barbara C. "A Fifteenth-Century Illumination and the Work of Pedro de Toledo." The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 21 (1993): 21-23.

Wikidata ID

Q64608134

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