UNKNOWN MASTER, illuminator
(16th century)

King David Kneeling

1500-20
Parchment
Cathedral Library, Esztergom

The miniature comes from the Gradual of Esztergom. It was commissioned by Tamás Bakócz, archbishop of Esztergom (1498-1521). This wonderfully ornamented large-size codex, produced at Esztergom, was never completed.


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