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| Keywords: Silvestro de' Gherarducci - Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli (Folio 148) - WGA08680.jpg Artwork Creator Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci The cutting from folio 148 depicts the Birth of the Virgin in an initial G This initial begins the introit to the Mass for the feast of the Birth of the Virgin September 8 The letter G overgrown by rich foliage with lilies opens into the interior of St Anne's bedroom Having given birth to a daughter she sits up on her bed and glances at her child who is about to be bathed A maiden with the heavenly child on her lap is testing the temperature of the water in the bowl while another adds some more water to it The iconography is Sienese faithfully following the composition of Pietro Lorenzetti's altarpiece for Siena cathedral ca 1370 Tempera gold parchment size mm 292 299 Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art object history credit line accession number WGA link 8680 http //www wga hu/art/g/gherardu/1angel08 jpg http //www wga hu/html/g/gherardu/1angel08 html PD-old-100 illumination religious Italian 1351-1400 Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli Metropolitan Museum of Art manuscripts WGA form illumination WGA type religious WGA School Italian WGA time period 1351-1400 Medieval miniatures of Birth of Mary G as an initial | ||||
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