Narrow red wooden panel with five small painted seated figures in white and gold, some wearing crowns, on a red ground.

Manuscript Cover with Seated Figures on Red Ground

A narrow painted wooden panel with a red ground and gold border shows five small seated figures in a row. Several wear crowns or elaborate headdresses and sit on white cushions, with a rounded figure at center and a serpent-like form at right. Paint is flaked and worn in places.

Artist: Unknown
Date: late 15th/early 16th century
Medium: Pigments and metallic paint on wood
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 253 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1534).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection

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