M5943 David Praying, Miniature Cutting from the infill of an historiated initial from a Psalter, Lombardy, c. 1450-60. The figure of David, before the stave of an initial. An appealing example of Lombard illumination; close in style to a David initial in the Brooklyn Museum (n. 38.743) discussed by Anna Melograni (see Miniature inedited de Quattrocento Lombardo nelle collezioni americane, no. 82, 1994, P. 290-2; both must have come from a Psalter of large dimensions and show the influence of the Maestro delle Vitae Imperatorum. Size: 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches. Framed 7 x 5 inches