Saints Peter and Paul

1489

Ludovico Gaci

Associated Names
Ludovico Gaci

Artist, Italian, active 1489

This is a painting of an illuminated manuscript page with sheet music and an ornate initial. The page contains medieval musical notation with black notes on a five-line red stave. The text appears to be in Latin, written in a Gothic script. The left margin is adorned with a vertical line of decorative floral motifs in gold, pink, and green. In the center of the page, there is a large decorated initial which encloses a highly detailed miniature scene. This scene depicts two figures against a blue sky and landscape background, surrounded by a golden frame that integrates the initial’s swirls. The borders of the page are further decorated with elaborate and colorful vine-like patterns and small floral elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 57 x 40.7 cm (22 7/16 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.614

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 24


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Minorite Convent, Belluno, Italy; Library of the Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Wernigerode, until c. 1900; H.P. Kraus, New York; Mark Lansburgh, Colorado Springs; E. Rosenthal, Berkeley; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown; gift to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 24, repro.

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 1986.

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. 24.

Wikidata ID

Q64594311

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