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Masters of Zweder van Culemborg Northern Netherlandish (Utrecht), about 1415-1440

Nehemiah before King Artaxerxes, initial ‘C’ from a Bible

about 1430
Opaque watercolor, gold leaf, mordant gilding, and pen and black ink, with touches of pen and brown ink (recto), and pen and black ink, with touches of red opaque watercolor and pen and brown ink (verso), on parchment
7.4 × 8.9 cm (2.9 × 3.5 in)

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