1434
vellum
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Initial U (?) is a 1434 by Master of the Cypresses, a Renaissance work, depicting Letter, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting is a miniature on vellum with intricate details. It's interesting because the artist used a lot of gold and blue to create a sense of depth. The use of these colors also suggests that the painting was made for a wealthy client, as these colors were expensive to produce. You can learn more about similar techniques by looking into the technique of sfumato.
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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