Initial S with King David as Scribe

1430s

Master of the Cypresses

Artist, Spanish, active 1434

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.6 x 17.3 cm (6 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1964.8.1218

  • 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


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