All Saints in an Initial E or O

A praying woman in a blue mantle and rose gown stands at the center of a gold-haloed group, with several male figures behind her and a bearded man in pink at right. Pink and gold foliage fills the rounded initial, and a dark-robed figure stands at left against a teal arch.

Look closer: A small figure with a halo peeks between the heads at the upper right of the group.

Artist

Osservanza Master

Date

ca. 1430–40

Medium

Tempera and gold on parchment

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2978 × 3722 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2484