The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Bartholomew
c. 1440–1460
Each leaf: 12.5 x 8.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Little is known of the life or acts of Saint Bartholomew, one of the twelve apostles. The Golden Legend records the tradition that Bartholomew preached in India and Armenia after Christ’s resurrection. It was in Armenia that the saint was martyred by being flayed alive. His attribute in art, as shown here, is typically a knife, the instrument of his death. The saint is shown standing within an architectural interior with a paneled ceiling, leaded windows, tiled floor, and a hanging cloth embellished with stars. The artist has not yet been identified, though his slightly expressionistic style and jagged, irregular drapery folds, as well as the border decoration, are typical of Flemish manuscript painting around the mid-1400s.- The marquess of Bute [his sale, Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1983, lot 28]; [Graton and Graton, Evanston, Ill.]
- Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 55, cat. no. 53 archive.org
- The Netherlandish Miniature, 1260-1550 (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 8, 2014).Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 115): December 16, 2013 - December 8, 2014.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. 53, illus. p. 55.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2006.11