Manuscript Illumination with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple in an Initial S, from a Gradual

Master of Bagnacavallo

ca. 1278 · Tempera and ink on parchment · Medieval Art

The green hanging lamp and the starburst patterns of the background are hallmarks of the work of the first artist to work on choir books for a new cathedral at Imola, near Bologna, probably commissioned by its bishop.

Artist: Master of Bagnacavallo
Date: ca. 1278
Medium: Tempera and ink on parchment
Culture: Italian
Department: Medieval Art
Credit line: Gift of Bradish Johnson Carroll, 1926

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