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Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion

Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion

c. 1390

attributed to Nicolò da Bologna

(Italian, c. 1325–1403)
Italy, Bologna
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Sheet: 26.8 x 20.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1924.1013
Location: not on view

Description

Symbolizing the Eucharist, this leaf depicts angels holding chalices to collect blood from Christ's five wounds.
  • Probably Dukes of Anjou (Anjou arms): Count Louis Paar, (Sale: Rome, Mar. 20, 1889, no. 266); Arthur Sambon, Paris; Leonce Rosenberg, Paris.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 21 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 22 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 157 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 58 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 58 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 66 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 272-273, no. 103
  • Medieval Bologna: Art for a University City. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (organizer) (November 5, 2021-January 30, 2022) https://fristartmuseum.org/exhibition/medieval-bologna-art-for-a-university-city/.
    The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).
    Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
    Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).
    An Exhibition of Italian Panels & Manuscripts from the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Centuries In Honor of Richard Offner. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (organizer) (April 9-June 6, 1965).
    Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum: "13th and 14th Century Italian Panels and Manuscripts in honor of Richard Offners 75th Birthday" April 8-June 6, 1965, no. 69, p. 42.
    Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963).
    Berkeley, University Art Gallery, University of California: "Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the XVIth Centuries" April 24-June 8, 1963, cat. no. 25, pl. XXII.
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, "Gothic Art, 1360-1440" August 8-Septmenber 15, 1963, no. 62, repr.
    Los Angeles County Museum: "Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts" November 25, 1953-January 9, 1954, cat. no. 92.
    The Baltimore Museum of Art: "Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance" January 27-March 13, 1949, cat. no. 165.
    The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
    Cleveland Museum of Art: "Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the CMA" June 26-October 4, 1936, no. 136.
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