Unfinished Design for a Choir Book: Initial with Scene of Christ Entering the Temple.

1408–11

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and pale grayish brown ink, brush and pale grayish brown wash (figural scene), pen and pale brown ink, over construction in leadpoint, ruling and compass work (ornamental parts), ruled lines in red ink, notes and words in pen and dark brown ink (musical score), on vellum
Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 9 5/8 in. (30.5 x 24.4 cm)
Collection no.: 1999.391
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Lorenzo Monaco. Unfinished Design for a Choir Book: Initial with Scene of Christ Entering the Temple.. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Unfinished Design for a Choir Book: Initial with Scene of Christ Entering the Temple. — Lorenzo Monaco. 1408–11.

Medium: Pen and pale grayish brown ink, brush and pale grayish brown wash (figural scene), pen and pale brown ink, over construction in leadpoint, ruling and compass work (ornamental parts), ruled lines in red ink, notes and words in pen and dark brown ink (musical score), on vellum. Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 9 5/8 in. (30.5 x 24.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1999.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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