Miniature from a Devotional or Liturgical Manuscript
A devotional or liturgical manuscript miniature attributed to Girolamo da Cremona, dated around 1460, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The picture shows the Virgin at the centre in a red robe with a halo, surrounded by haloed apostles in a tiled interior under a dove. Designers might take its warm terracotta wall, gold halos and tightly grouped figures as a model for layered, jewel-toned religious composition.
