The Virgin Before the Cross, from an illustrated Vita Christi

Title: The Virgin Before the Cross, from an illustrated Vita Christi; Link to the Getty resource.
Alternative Title: The Virgin Before the Cross from an illustrated Vita Christi (Life of Christ)
Creator: Unknown, English
Subject: Crucifixion, Christ, Virgin Mary, Northern English manuscripts
Language: Latin
Date: c. 1480-1490
Description: Mary, depicted wearing a red cloak and blue dress with her hand over her heart, sits on the ground below the crucified Christ. Holding her is either the Evangelist John or an angel. Soldiers stand to the right of the cross.
Medium: Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment
Extent: Leaf: 11.9 × 17 cm (4 11/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
Rights Holder: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
Provenance: Early 16th century: John Pinchbeck, British, and Flint Pinchbeck, British, Robert Themilthorpe, English, 1551 - 1594, N. Roe, British, 1760-1769.
Charles William Dyson Perrins, English, 1864 - 1958 [sold, "Forty-Six Western and Oriental Illuminated Manuscripts", Sotheby's, London, December 1, 1959, lot 55, to Laurence Witten.] Laurence Witten Rare Books (Southport, Connecticut), Witten's sale to a New York collector. H. F. Jossi-Debrunner, 1922 - 1986 [sold, "Western Manuscripts and Miniatures: Including the Ottheinrich Bible", Sotheby's, London, December 4, 2007, lot 45, to Jörn Gunther.] Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books AG [sold, "Catalogue 9: Masterpieces", 2008, lot 5, to the J. Paul Getty Museum.]