Decorated Initial G with Flowers from a Choir Book
A large blue letter G sits on a gold-leaf ground with curling blue tendrils and white dotted highlights. Within its curve, rose, orange, green and blue leafy sprays and small white blossoms are painted in tempera on vellum, framed by gold corner ornaments.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 14th century or modern, c. 1920
- Medium
- Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on vellum
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1547 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1925).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
