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Christ in Majesty with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist: Single Leaf from a Book of Rules

Master of the Washington Coronation

Cleveland Museum of Art

Gold leaf artwork depicting Christ in a yellow robe sitting on a throne with hands raised and book in lap; red winged creatures on either side. Christ is flanked by a woman in a blue robe with hands clasped and a man in a white robe with hands clasped. Angels in various colors fill the gold background on either side. Angels with wings and wearing white robes pull a white cloth with figures on it across the bottom; two people dressed in white pull the cloth from either side. The border includes blue, red and gold rectangles and circles with images of angels, birds and text. The top and bottom have additional gold borders with text. The bottom border contains a dark blue semi-circle filled with gold stars, a sun and a moon.

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665 × 900 px
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