Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation

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Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation

Stefano da VeronaLinkedCulture matchlcp-5b9ffb3874f6

Date
1430–1438
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Culture
Italy, Lombardy, 15th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
106349

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This masterful initial M , colorful and crowded with playful animals and fantastic forms, recalls the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the Angel Gabriel that she will conceive and bear a son: Missus est Gabriel Angelus ad Miriam Virginem. . . . (The Angel Gabriel was sent to Mary. . . .), the response for the first Sunday in Advent. The decorated initial is related in style to a set of choir books made by Belbello for the Church of Saints Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. Belbello's style has been associated with another artist, the Master of the Murano Gradual, with whom he possibly collaborated in Venice. Belbello's career placed him in Milan, Mantua, Pavia, and Venice. His services were highly sought after by Renaissance princes, and his style was influential and widespread in northern Italy.

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Credit line
Gift from J. H. Wade
Provenance
Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice | W. Y. Ottley (his sale London, 11 May 1838, lot 41) | Durlacher Bros., New York | Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; W.Y. Ottley (his sale London, 11 May 1838, lot 41); (Durlacher Bros., New York)

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