The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Fragment of a Historiated Initial from a Choir Book: Christ in Majesty

c. 1400

attributed to Michelino Molinari da Besozzo

(Italian, c. 1385–1445)
Italy, Lombardy, 15th century
ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
Sheet: 8 x 15 cm (3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.282
Location: Not on view
  • Italian Renaissance Illuminations. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (December 16, 1973-February 15, 1974).
    Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
    CMA, 1963: "Gothic Art 1360-1440," 61
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