Nerius Manuscript Illumination Italian Art Easter Metal Ornament

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Nerius Manuscript Illumination Italian Art Easter Metal Ornament

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Created around 1320, the painting shown on this elegant ornament is by Italian painter Nerius, depicting two scenes from the Easter story. Firstly, the holy women approach the tomb of Jesus but find it empty. Below, the women meet the resurrected Jesus as they leave. Image: Manuscript Illumination with Scenes of Easter in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1912

1/14/2024
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