Manuscript Illumination with David in Prayer in an Initial M, from a Psalter

Girolamo dai Libri Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 306

Like the singing monks in Girolamo dai Libri's miniature executed for the same psalter (displayed nearby), David appears here in prayer with his mouth open and his gaze turned heavenward. In many images of David, God the Father appears above him as the object of his inspiration. Like the monks, he appears to look beyond the frame of the initial, as if he were reading the text of the psalter.

Manuscript Illumination with David in Prayer in an Initial M, from a Psalter, Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, Verona 1474–1555 Verona), Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian

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Manuscript Illumination with David in Prayer in an Initial M, from a Psalter, Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, Verona 1474–1555 Verona), Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian
Manuscript Illumination with David in Prayer in an Initial M, from a Psalter, Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, Verona 1474–1555 Verona), Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian
Manuscript Illumination with David in Prayer in an Initial M, from a Psalter, Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, Verona 1474–1555 Verona), Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian

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