Nehemiah before King Artaxerxes, initial ‘C’ from a Bible
about 1430
Medium
Opaque watercolor, gold leaf, mordant gilding, and pen and black ink, with touches of pen and brown ink (recto), and pen and black ink, with touches of red opaque watercolor and pen and brown ink (verso), on parchment
Dimensions
7.4 × 8.9 cm (2 15/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
235546
About the Artist
Unknown
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