Renaissance Watercolors #11

 

[Holy Roman] Emperor Rudolf II
- Daniel Fröschl (1563-1613m German)
- wc on parchment (12.9 x 10.6 cm) c.1601-12
- Qatar Museums 

Woven medallion
- Iran or Iraq
- silk & gilded tapestry (dia 69 cm) 1st half of the 14°C
- David Collection (Copenhagen)

Constantinople
in《The Travels of Sir John Mandeville》c.1410-20
- Master of the Mandeville Travels (active c.1400-30)
- tinted grisaille on green parchment (22.5 x 18 cm) 
- British Library (London)

This folio portrays the fortified city as if it were a Central European city. The cathedral of Hagia Sophia is depicted as a late Gothic church. The gilded statue in the foreground might be the Column of Justinian, destroyed later in 1515.

Seated Scribe 
- Gentile Bellini (1429–1507, Venetian in Constantinople)
- pen in brown ink with wc and gold
on paper (18.2 x 14 cm) 1479-81
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston)

Gluttony 
in《The Cocharelli Codex》c.1330-40
- master of the Cocharelli Manuscript (active c.1330-40)
- wc & bodyc, ink & gold on parchment (17 x 10 cm) 
- British Library (London)

A rich banquet, with a seated Mongol ruler entertained by musicians, several in Asiatic costume.....

Source: Wikipedia