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Initial D: Christ Enthroned
Creator
Master of the Ingeborg PsalterFrench Illuminator · 1195–1210
All works by this person →Scholars named the Master of the Ingeborg Psalter for a manuscript of the psalms he illuminated, together with another painter, for Queen Ingeborg of France. In the years around 1200, he was active in northeastern France. The style of the Master of the Ingeborg Psalter represents a turning point in the history of European painting, when artists left behind abstract and highly stylized forms in fav
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- after 1205
- Medium
- Tempera colors and gold leaf
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Within an initial *D* , Christ, flanked by angels, sits on a throne with a small figure, bent over in submission, under each foot. The illuminator showed Christ's garments falling in natural, asymmetrical folds that give the sense of a three-dimensional body beneath. This volumetric presence of Christ is an important component in conveying his utter dominance of the enemies at his feet--the topic of the first sentence of Psalm 109: "I will make a footstool of your enemies."
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