Historiated Initial (E) Excised from the Colonna Missal: The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Historiated Initial (E) Excised from the Colonna Missal: The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

c. 1532 · Apollonio de' Bonfratelli (Italian)

ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum

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