Initial D: The Virgin and Child

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Initial D: The Virgin and Child

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Guglielmo Giraldi

Italian Illuminator · 1445–1489

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The son of a tailor, Guglielmo Giraldi was one of the favorite illuminators of Renaissance ruling families, including the Este of Ferrara and the Gonzaga of Mantua. Giraldi worked on a number of important commissions in Ferrara, including a set of choir books for the city's Carthusian monastery and the Bible of Borso d'Este, perhaps the most costly and lavish book in the history of Ferrarese art.

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Date: about 1469
Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink
Culture: Italian
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

On this first page of the pre-dawn service of Matins from the Hours of the Virgin, the Virgin and Child embrace within an initial *D* . The text, taken from Psalm 50 *,* reads: *Domine labia mea aperies et os meus an[n]utiabit laudem tuam* (Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise).

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