Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1520
MS M.632 fol. 15r

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Evangelist, Luke: painting Virgin Mary -- Evangelist Luke, nimbed, wearing hat, holding palette in left hand, with right hand, on panel on easel, paints image of nude Christ Child, nimbed, seated in lap of Virgin Mary, nimbed, wearing wimpled veil, seated next to evangelist symbol (ox). Scene in windowed room.
Miniature of grisaille and gold with painted accents, framed in black and gold.