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Manuscript Illumination with the Birth of the Virgin in an Initial G, from a Gradual

Don Silvestro de' Gherarducci · 1339–1399

Maximum print size

31.8 × 31.0 cm · 12.5 × 12.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,746 × 3,658 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 31.8 × 31.0 cm · 12.5 × 12.2 in
Mat border, sides: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 4.8 cm · 1.9 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1375
Medium: Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment
Type: Manuscripts and Illuminations
Size: 29.2 × 29.8 cm · 11.5 × 11.7 in
Origin: Italian
Orientation: square
Subjects: Beds, Infants, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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Manuscript

Court of King Mindon or Thibaw, or associated workshops