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Jan 20, 2005

The Nativity: Leaf from a Book of Hours (3 of 6 Excised Leaves)

The Nativity: Leaf from a Book of Hours (3 of 6 Excised Leaves)

c. 1420–30

This object has related works. See The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves); Annunciation to the Shepherds: Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 6 Excised Leaves); Christ before Pilate: Leaf from a Book of Hours (2 of 6 Excised Leaves); The Ascension: Leaf from a Book of Hours (4 of 6 Excised Leaves); Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Barbara (6 of 6 Excised Leaves)

Henri d'Orquevaulx

(French)

or Workshop

France, Metz, 15th century

Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Each leaf: 16.1 x 12.6 cm (6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.75

Location

not on view

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The popularity of books of hours lasted until around the 1550s, when the German priest Martin Luther, in his attempts to reform the Catholic Church, declared them full of “un-Christian tomfoolery,” and they fell out of favor.

Description

This leaf survives from what must have been an extraordinarily rich book of hours. Stylistically, the illuminations relate to the workshop of Henri d'Orquevaulx, a documented Metz manuscript painter. Little is known about d'Orquevaulx's life or career. Compositionally, structurally, and stylistically, the miniatures suggest strong links to Netherlandish illumination.

See also
Collection: 
MED - Manuscript Illuminations
Department: 
Medieval Art
Type of artwork: 
Manuscript
Medium: 
Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Credit line: 
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection

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