Leaf from an Antiphonary: Coronation of the Virgin

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Leaf from an Antiphonary: Coronation of the Virgin

Master of the Beffi TriptychLinkedCulture matchlcp-7024eb12bec1

Date
1400s
Medium
Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Culture
Italy, Tuscany
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
130492

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The unidentified illuminator of this leaf is named after his work on a painted triptych that once hung behind the altar of the Church of Santa Maria del Ponte in the small village of Beffi in Abruzzo. Works by this illuminator are distinctive for their lively detail, highly expressive figures, and brilliant colors. In addition to panel paintings, this unknown artist also illuminated books and painted frescoes. The large scale of this miniature indicates that the leaf served as a frontispiece to a volume in a set of antiphonaries. Gold leaf was always applied to a manuscript before the paint.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
-1952: Vittorio Forti, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1952-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh

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