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Object Details
Title:
Initial D: A Woman Feeding a Leper in Bed
Artist/Maker:
Unknown
Culture:
Swiss
Place:
Benedictine Abbey, Engelberg, Switzerland (Place created)
Date:
about 1275–1300
Medium:
Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment
Object Number:
Ms. Ludwig VIII 3, fol. 43
Dimensions:
Leaf: 21.6 × 15.6 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.)
Related Works
Exhibitions
Monasteries and Manuscripts (April 21 to July 5, 1987)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), April 21 to July 5, 1987
Monasteries and Manuscripts (July 16 to September 29, 1991)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), July 16 to September 29, 1991
Devotion and Desire: Views of Women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (July 25 to October 8, 1995)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), July 25 to October 8, 1995
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (October 13, 2015 to January 3, 2016)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), October 13, 2015 to January 3, 2016
Outcasts: Prejudice and Persecution in the Medieval World (January 30 to April 8, 2018)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), January 30 to April 8, 2018