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

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

c. 1530–1535
(French, d. 1546)
(French)
France, Paris
ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
Overall: 7.7 x 6.5 cm (3 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.80
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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).
  • Baron Jérome-Frédéric Pichon [1812-1896], Paris, France
    -1988
    (Richard Day, London, UK)
    -1991
    (Sam Fogg, London, UK), sold to Bruce Ferrini
    1998-
    (Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn)
    -2001
    Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2001-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Orth, Myra Dickman. "French Renaissance Manuscripts: the 1520s Hours Workshop and the Master of the Getty Epistles." J. Paul Getty Museum Journal. 16 (1988). p. 33-60
    Ortha, Myra Dickman. "Antwerp Mannerist Model Drawings in French Renaissance Books of Hours: A Case Stufy of the 1520s Hours Workshop." Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 47 (1989).
    Richard Day Ltd. An Exhibition of European Drawings and Manuscripts, 1480-1880. London: R. Day, 1990.
    Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 71, cat. no. 69 archive.org
  • The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).
    "Exhibition of European Drawings and Manuscripts 1480-1880", Richard Day Limited, London (Dec. 11-21, 1990).
    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).
    Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).
    The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).
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