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Oct 16, 2006

Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (Frontispiece for the Canon of the Mass)

c. 1440–1450

Master of Otto van Moerdrecht

(Netherlandish)

North Netherlands, Augustinian Cloister of Agnietenberg, near Zwolle, 15th century

Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Sheet: 33.6 x 25.5 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.); Framed: 63.5 x 48.3 cm (25 x 19 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1959.254

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This splendid crucifixion scene originally served as the canon illustration in a liturgical missal. The open landscape is remarkable since it is not found in Dutch missals before the end of the 1500s. The large number of figures at the foot of the cross is also exceptional. The composition is thought to have been copied from a painting by Jan van Eyck, now lost. The painter of this miniature derives his name from the illuminations in the Old Testament commentary of Nicholas of Lyra, which Otto van Moerdrecht, canon of Utrecht Cathedral, gave to the nearby Carthusian monastery of Nieuwlicht in 1424. The style is found in several manuscripts traced to various towns in the North Netherlands. Recent scholarship points to a group of artists working in the same style in locations such as Guelders, Utrecht, and elsewhere, as opposed to one artist who moved from place to place.

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 66 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. 67 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. 76 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. 218-219, no. 80

Exhibition history

Oberlin, Ohio, Dudley P. Allen Memorial Art Museum, April 22 - May 15, 1960 "Netherlandish Book Illustrations, AMAM Bulletin XVII (Spring, 1960), cat. no. 21, repr. pl. 6.
CMA, August 6 - September 15, 1963: "Gothic Art 1360-1440," CMA Bulletin 50 (September, 1963), cat. no. 56, p. 209, repr. p. 196.
Utrecht, Netherlands, Rijksmuseum het Catharijneconvent, December 8, 1989 - February 11, 1990: "The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting," catalogue
Also to: New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, March 1 - May 6, 1990
CMA, 1996: "Landscape in Detail," September 10-November 3, 1996, no catalogue
The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"
Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"

Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 115): December 16, 2013 - December 8, 2014.

Netherlandish Book Illustrations. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (April 22-May 15, 1960).

Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

Middeleeuwse Miniaturen uit de Noordelijke Nederlanden (The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting). Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, Netherlands (organizer) (co-organizer) (December 8, 1989-February 11, 1990); Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City, NY (co-organizer) (March 1-May 6, 1990).

Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).

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).

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).

The Netherlandish Miniature, 1260-1550 (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 8, 2014).

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