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Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Historiated Initial (D) Excised from a Choir Book: Two Martyr Saints

c. 1500–1510

circle of Girolamo dai Libri

(Italian, 1474–1555)
Italy, Verona, 16th century
ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
Sheet: 18.4 x 21.9 cm (7 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1924.1016
Location: Not on view
  • Adolph von Beckerath
    Adolph von Beckerath, Berlin
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    Castiglioni, Gino and Sergio Marinelli. Miniatura Veronese del Rinascimento. Verona: Museo di Castelvecchio,1986. Reproduced: p. 143, ix.45
  • The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
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