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Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Betrayal of Christ

Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Betrayal of Christ

c. 1470–85
(French)
France, central France, 15th century
ink, tempera and gold on vellum
Leaf: 12.4 x 9.3 cm (4 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2005.208
Location: 113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts

Did You Know?

It is unusual to see two columns of writing in a book of hours.

Description

This scene depicts the solemn moment of Christ’s arrest in the garden of Gethsemane when the kiss of his apostle, Judas, reveals his identity to captors. Following medieval artistic convention, Judas is usually depicted shorter than Christ. At the right, Simon Peter sheaths his sword while Christ heals the servant whose ear Peter cut off. The style and palette of this leaf are associated with Maître François, whose considerable commercial success encouraged many illuminators to imitate his forms and compositions.
  • -1986
    Miss Jean C. Grattan
    June 24, 1986
    (Sale: Sotheby's London, June 24, 1986, Lot 107)
    December 5, 1989
    (Sale: Sotheby's London, December 5, 1989, lot 114)
    June 22, 1993
    (Sale: Sotheby's London, June 22, 1993, lot 100)
    [Bruce Ferrini (1949-2010), Akron, OH, sold to Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
    -2011
    Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2011-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sotheby's (Firm). Western Manuscripts and Miniatures. 1986. lot 107
    Sotheby's (Firm). Western Manuscripts and Miniatures. 1989. lot 114
    Sotheby's (Firm). Western Manuscripts and Miniatures. 1993. lot 100
    Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 54, cat. no. 52 archive.org
  • The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).
    CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 52, illus. p. 54.
  • {{cite web|title=Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Betrayal of Christ|url=false|author=Maître François|year=c. 1470–85|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.208