Cutting from an antiphonal
A cutting from an antiphonal, a choir book, painted around 1550 and attributed to Master B.F., held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. The picture shows a curly-haired young figure in silver armour with a red-orange collar and sleeves, holding a broad curved blade against a pale sky. A designer could take its warm red-orange and grey-silver palette, its soft modelling of hair and cloth, and the calm, poised pose of the figure.
