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The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)

c. 1530–35
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Noël Bellemare

(French, d. 1546)

and The 1520s Hours Workshop

(French)
Culture
France, Paris
Medium
ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
Measurements
Overall: 7.7 x 6.5 cm (3 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.80
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Books of hours were often purchased as luxury objects in order to reflect the owner’s status, wealth, and taste.

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).
A vertically oriented tempera and gold painting depicts the Annunciation framed by golden columns. On the left, Gabriel has light skin tones and red and green wings, pointing upward and holding a gold staff. On the right, the Virgin Mary, also with light skin tones, wears a blue robe and sits before an open book, raising her hand. Golden rays and a white dove descend toward her near a red-tasseled canopy.

The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)

c. 1530–35

Noël Bellemare, The 1520s Hours Workshop

(French, d. 1546), (French)
France, Paris

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