Leaf from a Missal

Spain

1592

  • Titles Leaf from a Missal (Descriptive)
  • Medium tempera and iron gall ink on parchment
  • Dimensions sheet (irregular): 29 1/2 × 20 in. (74.9 × 50.8 cm) mat: 40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, in honor of Herbert Charles Grieb for his long and faithful service as Director of Music of the Advent, 1962.83
  • Work Type detached leaf
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Standing man facing left, carrying a tricorn hat and sword(?) on his right side. He wears a knee-length coat, buckled shoes and blue socks to his knees. Hanging from a red ribbon on his left breast is a star-shaped medal. He stands in a landscape with a building in the far left distance.
Scene of a village dispersed among a hilly landscape. A flock of sheep graze the right hillside. Villagers are seen engaged in various activities. The tree near the center of the composition contains traces of green and pink wash.
Two gentlemen on horses that are traveling in opposite directions stop in the middle of a road. One man offers a light to the other.
Saint George is riding a horse. The dragon is on its back under the horse. Saint George stabs the dragon with a long sword.