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Annunciation to the Shepherds: Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 6 Excised Leaves)
c. 1420–30
Location: not on view
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Books of hours were devotional books popular in the Middle Ages and meant for laypeople, or those not in the clergy.Description
This leaf survives from what must have been an extraordinarily rich book of hours. The elaborate Passion cycle and Suffrages point to an important patron. Internal evidence within the original calendar and texts indicates that Metz was the probable place of production. Stylistically, the illuminations appear to come from the workshop of Henri d’Orquevaulx, a documented Metz manuscript painter. Compositionally, structurally, and stylistically, the miniatures suggest strong links to Netherlandish illumination. It is not known whether d’Orquevaulx came originally from the Netherlands or whether he simply worked or trained there at some point in his career.- before 1539 - after 1541Jehan de Poncy (d. 1605) and his wife, MargueriteBartlett Gurney (1756-1803), Norwich, England, bequeathed to his aunt Catherine Gurney-1808Catherine Gurney (1776–1850), Norwich, England, gifted to Rev. Edward Edwards1808-Rev. Edward Edwards (1766-1849), Lynn, Norfolk, bequeathed to his godson William Hay Gurney, nephew of Catherine GurneyWilliam Hay Gurney (1827-1898), North PrincetonApril 7, 1978Sale: Christie's New York, April 7, 1978, Lot 226[Bruce Ferrini (1950-2010), Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]-1999Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, Fl, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art1999-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Printed Books and Manuscripts Including an Important Manuscript Map of Southeastern North America, 1721. 1978. Lot 226Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned: p. 37; Reproduced: p. 39, cat. no. 31 archive.org
- The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).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).Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"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. 31, illus. p. 39.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.128