Description
Unusual in French manuscript painting of the period, fuchsia pinks and bright acid greens characterize the painting’s palette. The figures are set in the foreground of the miniature and enclosed within a "Fontainebleau"-style architectural frame. The 1520s Hours Workshop primarily produced jewel-like luxury books of hours for a wealthy clientele. Evidence points to Paris as the site of the workshop's activity under the direction of the Antwerp-born miniaturist Noël Bellemare (died 1546).
Provenance
Baron Jérome-Frédéric Pichon [1812-1896], Paris, France; (Richard Day, London, UK) (-1988); (Sam Fogg, London, UK), sold to Bruce Ferrini (-1991); (Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn) (1998-); Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (-2001); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2001-)
The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)
c. 1530–35
Accession Number
2001.80
Medium
ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
Dimensions
Overall: 7.7 x 6.5 cm (3 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Classification
Manuscript
Credit Line
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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