The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial from a Gradual

Spanish

c. 1500

Medium
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textura inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in red, with red rubrics and other decorations, on parchment
Classification
Drawing and Watercolor
Dimensions
Initial: 24 × 24.5 cm (9 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 85 × 58 cm (33 1/2 × 22 7/8 in.)
Culture
Spain
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Gift from Louis H. Silver
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago