Facsimile of The Virgin Enthroned from HM 1173, Kathryn Finter, 1997
23K gold leaf and shell gold, opaque watercolour paint, egg tempera and black ink on goat skin parchment
The original is from a Book of Hours illuminated by Simon Marmion, made between 1450 and 1475. This manuscript is HM 1173 in the Huntington Library. I worked from Plate 16 of Book of Hours: Illuminations by Simon Marmion.