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Philosophy Instructing Boethius on the Role of God
Creator
Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?)French Illuminator · 1450–1485
All works by this person →Among the artists working in Paris from about 1450 to 1485, the Coëtivy Master was one of the most important. Whereas his contemporaries such as Maître François and the Chief Associate of the Bedford Master worked exclusively as manuscript illuminators, the Coëtivy Master painted in a variety of formats. Working for members of the royal family and court, he painted on wooden panels, designed stain
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- about 1460–1470
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- cd9879c5-1668-4c8a-abc0-b2ac3c2c0e7e
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This cutting probably accompanied the final chapter of Boethius's *The Consolation of Philosophy,* where Boethius and Philosophy, personified as an elegant woman, discuss the nature of God. God appears above in a brilliantly colored, glowing aureole surrounded by cherubim and seraphim. This God, depicted as an elderly man, holds an orb in his left hand that symbolizes his dominion over the earth while offering a sign of blessing with his right. The text that once accompanied this image explained that, "God has foreknowledge and rests a spectator from on high. . . . the ever-present eternity of his Vision dispenses reward to the good and punishment to the bad."
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