Cutting from a Missal: Initial O with Christ Performing an Exorcism
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Cutting from a Missal: Initial O with Christ Performing an Exorcism

TitleCutting from a Missal: Initial O with Christ Performing an Exorcism
ArtistMatteo da Milano (Italian)
Datec. 1520 16th century
Mediumink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
ClassificationManuscript
OriginItaly, Rome Italy
Holding institutionThe Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit lineCutting from a Missal: Initial O with Christ Performing an Exorcism, c. 1520. Matteo da Milano (Italian). Ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 7.7 x 6.7 cm (3 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 1999.135
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“Cutting from a Missal: Initial O with Christ Performing an Exorcism” is a work by Matteo da Milano (Italian), dated c. 1520. It is executed in ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum and classified as manuscript. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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