The Trinity

1414

Workshop of Master of the Gerona Martyrology

Associated Names
Anonymous Artist

Artist

Master of the Gerona Martyrology

Related Artist, Bohemian, active 1414

This is a painting of a seated elderly figure with a younger figure in a large decorative initial. The elderly figure holds a wooden cross, while the younger figure embraces the cross. They sit on a throne-like platform with a richly adorned background of golden and floral patterns. Surrounding them is an ornate frame with lush green acanthus leaves and intricate designs that extend into the border of the page, indicating that this is an illuminated manuscript. This artwork is done in the style of a medieval or Renaissance manuscript illumination.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.7 x 18.2 cm (6 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 44

  • Series Title

    Initial V from a Choir Book (Antiphonary)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E. Schultze (Lugt 906), R. Forrer (Lugt Supp.941a)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1947

  • A Survey of Watercolor: East and West, Old and New, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1947, no cat.

1949

  • Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, organized by the Waters Art Gallery at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1949, no. 141, repro.

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 11, repro.

1953

  • Mediaeval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Los Angeles County Museum, 1953-1954, no. 89.

1962

  • The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1962, no. 75, repro.

1963

  • Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the early XVIth centuries, University of California Art Gallery, Berkeley, 1963, no. 34, repro.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 44, repro.

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. 44.

1999

  • Codices Selecti: Phototypice Impressi, Facsimile Vol. C. Graz, 1999: fig.25.

Wikidata ID

Q64640556

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