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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds

c. 1460

Did You Know?

Although we don't know the name of the artist, other leaves by the same individual have been identified in other collections.

Description

The shepherd and shepherdess gaze up toward a pair of angels who are announcing that Christ has been born. A dog is curled at their feet while sheep graze around them. This anonymous painter had a highly personal style recognized by its facial types, architectural forms, and a love of sumptuous textile patterns. He has been associated with other books of hours that were produced in and for the city of Troyes in France.
  • Harry Bober (1915–1988), New York, NY
    [Bruce Ferrini (1949-2010), Akron, OH, sold to Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
    -2011
    Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2011-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 51, cat. no. 48 archive.org
  • 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. 48, illus. p. 51.
  • {{cite web|title=Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds|url=false|author=|year=c. 1460|access-date=24 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.61