Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Opening of the Fifth Seal

Medium

Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment

Dimensions

Overall (folio): 17 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (44.4 x 30 cm) Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Classification

Manuscripts and Illuminations

Culture

Spanish

Department

The Cloisters

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1991

Accession Number

1991.232.6

Rights

Public Domain

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