Miniature, Possibly from a Manuscript
A manuscript miniature of unknown authorship, dated around 1450, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, with no clear record of its original readers. The first picture shows a crucifixion scene with the Virgin, a saint in green and red, angels and a walled town on hillsides, painted in bright blue, red and gold. The second shows a dense hilltop town of towers, gabled roofs and stone walls rising above rocky ground, useful to a designer wanting medieval architecture and layered townscape composition.
