Leaf from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms

Description

The 1520s Hours Workshop produced luxury books of hours for a wealthy, often royal, clientele. Recent evidence points to Paris as the site of the workshop’s activity under the direction of Antwerp-born miniaturist Noël Bellemare (died 1546). Containing fuschia pinks and bright acid greens, the palette is unusual in French manuscript painting of the period. Instead, Bellemare’s miniatures point directly to Antwerp painting at the time.

Provenance

Baron Jerome Pichon (1812-1896); [Richard Day, London (no. 69 only)]; [Sam Fogg, London]; [Bruce Ferrini, Akron]

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms

Noël Bellemare

c. 1530–1535

Accession Number

2003.174.2

Medium

ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum

Dimensions

Each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

Manuscript

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection