Description
The original owner of this exquisite book of hours was Queen Isabella of Spain, who sponsored Christopher Columbus's exploratory voyage to the Americas. Eventually this book found its way to the New World and was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1963.
Provenance
Unidentified first owner? (c. 1500) (c.1500-); Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Castile; Baron Edmond de Rothschild (Late 1800s till 1934); Baron Maurice de Rothschild (1934-1954); (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1954-1963); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh (1963-)
Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain
Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillianc. 1500
Accession Number
1963.256
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Dimensions
Codex: 23.5 x 17.3 x 4.8 cm (9 1/4 x 6 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Bound Volume
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund