This is the original cover painting created to illustrate the first book of "The Cole Trilogy" by Noah Gordon, tracing the life of "Robert Jeremy Cole from his 11th-century boyhood in England, through Europe to an Arab medical school in Ispahan, Persia, where he studies under the immortal physician Avicenna" published by Little Brown, 1988.  (I show the published cover for reference) Handpainted in acrylic and gouache on illustration board in "wrap-around" format, 10.5" x 15.5" and I believe this one is signed on the reverse, but also comes with a label mounted to the reverse of the painting, attesting authenticity from the Estate.