Initial V: The Ascension of Christ, leaf from a gradual, by Cristoforo Cortese, about 1435–1440
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Initial V: The Ascension of Christ, leaf from a gradual

Cristoforo Cortese (Italian, active Venice, Italy 1390 - 1445)

about 1435–1440

Medium
Tempera colors, gold, and ink
Classification
Detached leaf
Dimensions
Leaf: 56.2 × 40.2 cm (22 1/8 × 15 13/16 in.)
Culture
Italian (Venice)
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum, Manuscripts
Credit line
Gift of T. Robert and Katherine States Burke
Rights
CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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