Initial S with King David as Scribe
1430s
Artist, Spanish, active 1434
Artwork overview
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Medium
miniature on vellum
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 17.6 x 17.3 cm (6 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1964.8.1218
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Catalogue Raisonné
NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 46, State A
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
1968
Christmas Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1968, no cat.
1972
Mediaeval Manuscripts from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame, 1972, no. 26, repro.
1975
Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 46a, repro.
1994
Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.
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. 46, A.
1992
Smithsonian Institution Press. New Books for Fall 1992 (1992): cover.
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, fig. 15.
Bridel, Yves and Adrien Pasquali. Théâtres d'écritures: comment travaillent les écrivains? Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang, cover (detail).
Wikidata ID
Q64608111