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A superb Renaissance painting very likely created by the Parisian illuminator Etienne Collault and his circle. The tableau - framed in gilt - depicts the ressurected Christ appearing before the Virgin Mother, while Saint Peter and Mary Magdelene stand behind 2 kneeling figures - Maitre Pierre de Cornibus and Seur Madgalaine Lombarde (so captioned in the lower margin). Pierre de Cornibus (d. 1539), was a Franciscan monk and Doctor of Theology at the University of Paris. Sister Magdelaine Lombarde appears to be in the habit of a Paris convent. The bold blue, red, and green coloring with liberal use of liquid gold, the highly detailed architectural framing, and the banderoles containing inscriptions (here, Psalm 141 issues from the mouths of de Cornibus and Lombarde) relate this work most strongly to the Etienne Collault.