The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 3, 2023

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

Provenance
Adolph von Beckerath
Adolph von Beckerath, Berlin
Citations
Castiglioni, Gino and Sergio Marinelli. Miniatura Veronese del Rinascimento. Verona: Museo di Castelvecchio,1986. Reproduced: p. 143, ix.45
Exhibition history

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.1016