Initial D with the Visitation
In the margins are depicted hybrid angel-musicians, a bear-trainer and musicians, apes trapping a bird, apes at school, a nude man at the far left, and an ape kneeling before a doctor with a urinal.
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Details
- Artist
- Unknown artist
- Date
- c. 1300–1325
- Holding institution
- Walters Art Museum
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Walters Art Museum
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Bible Story Both · 99%
The title identifies the central subject as the Visitation, and the image shows two haloed women meeting within the decorated initial.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
Numerous human figures appear in the central image and throughout the marginal decoration.
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Hybrids and Imaginary Creatures Both · 93%
The canonical description identifies hybrid angel-musicians, and the margins visibly include winged or hybridized figures alongside human-animal scenes.
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Animals Both · 98%
Apes, a bear-like animal, birds, and other creatures appear in the margins, matching the canonical description.
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Related to Music Both · 97%
Several marginal figures visibly play instruments, and the canonical description specifically identifies angel-musicians and musicians.
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Text Visual · 99%
Multiple lines of Gothic manuscript lettering fill the text block, with decorated initials integrated into the page design.
Styles and Movements
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Gothic Art Both · 91%
Pointed architectural forms, ornamental framing, and Gothic script are visible, while the canonical date of c. 1300–1325 places the work within the medieval period associated with Gothic art.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The initial, border, architectural framing, patterned grounds, foliage, figures, animals, and reflective ornament create a richly ornamented page.
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Dense Composition Visual · 97%
Text, architectural framing, ornament, figures, and narrative scenes occupy most of the page in a crowded but structured arrangement.
Medium and Techniques
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Manuscript Metadata · 99%
The canonical classification identifies the work as “Manuscript or decorative art.”
Time Periods
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1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%
The canonical museum metadata dates the work to approximately 1300–1325.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Christian Art and Architecture Both · 94%
The Visitation is a Christian subject, while the central haloed figures appear within a religious manuscript image.
Source & rights
Anonymous (France)Unknown author. Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 1,434 × 2,145 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed