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Source Description
The delicate, painterly style of this image exemplifies the best of Parisian illumination in the first half of the 15th-century. The landscape receding into the distance was a relative novelty at that time. The owners of luxury prayer books enjoyed incidental details such as the shepherds and their flock on the hillside and the individually detailed flowers. The acanthus ornament in the border is especially lush.
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Document identity
localId
13507
label
David in Prayer in a Landscape
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
13507
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
David in Prayer in a Landscape
description
The delicate, painterly style of this image exemplifies the best of Parisian illumination in the first half of the 15th-century. The landscape receding into the distance was a relative novelty at that time. The owners of luxury prayer books enjoyed incidental details such as the shepherds and their flock on the hillside and the individually detailed flowers. The acanthus ornament in the border is especially lush.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 15th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22.6
height
16.5
dimensionsRaw
8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (22.6 x 16.5 cm)
Source extras
style
International Gothic
med
ink, paint and gold on parchment
creator_ids
6325
collection_ids
MED
MSS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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