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Collection Online as of December 27, 2025

Opening Pages from Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia

c. 1476

Flanders

pen and brown ink, watercolor, and gouache; framing lines in brown ink (around image), with letterpress text
Sheet: 38.4 x 28.2 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.274
Location: Not on view
  • C. Czechowieki, Vienna; Mario Uzielli, Liestal, Switzerland
  • Vanwijnsberghe, Dominique, et.al. "A l'Escu de France": Guillebert de Mets et la peinture de livres à Gand à l'époque de Jan van Eyck (1410-1450). Bruxelles: Institut royal du patrimoine artistique, 2017. Mention: p. 489, note 12
  • Scriptorium: The Illuminated Book in Medieval Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-February 2, 1992).
  • {{cite web|title=Opening Pages from Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia|url=false|author=|year=c. 1476|access-date=27 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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