1434
vellum
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Initial I with David is a 1434 by Master of the Cypresses, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a bright, flat-colored image of a man in a robe, kneeling inside a large letter *I*. He wears a blue and red outfit with a gold crown, holding a small object in his right hand. The background is a mix of red, gold, and green shapes that look like a throne or altar. The painting is tiny—just a few inches tall—because it’s a miniature on vellum. The colors are bold, with no shading to show depth. The man’s face is calm, almost serious, as he points upward. If you like this style, look up the Renaissance movement next.
The Master of the Cypresses is a notname invented by the art historian Diego Angulo Íñiguez in 1928 for a painter and manuscript illuminator working in Seville around the years 1420–1440.
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