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The Nativity: Leaf from a Book of Hours (3 of 6 Excised Leaves)
Henri d'OrquevaulxLinkedCulture matchlcp-57320d165017
- Date
- c. 1420–30
- Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Culture
- France, Metz, 15th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 162142
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This leaf survives from what must have been an extraordinarily rich book of hours. Stylistically, the illuminations relate to the workshop of Henri d'Orquevaulx, a documented Metz manuscript painter. Little is known about d'Orquevaulx's life or career. Compositionally, structurally, and stylistically, the miniatures suggest strong links to Netherlandish illumination. The popularity of books of hours lasted until around the 1550s, when the German priest Martin Luther, in his attempts to reform the Catholic Church, declared them full of “un-Christian tomfoolery,” and they fell out of favor.
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- Credit line
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Provenance
- before 1539 - after 1541: Jehan de Poncy (d. 1605) and his wife, Marguerite | Bartlett Gurney (1756-1803), Norwich, England, bequeathed to his aunt Catherine Gurney | -1808: Catherine Gurney (1776–1850), Norwich, England, gifted to Rev. Edward Edwards | 1808-: Rev. Edward Edwards (1766-1849), Lynn, Norfolk, bequeathed to his godson William Hay Gurney, nephew of Catherine Gurney | William Hay Gurney (1827-1898), North Princeton | April 7, 1978: Sale: Christie's New York, April 7, 1978, Lot 226 | [Bruce Ferrini (1950-2010), Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn] | -2001: Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, Fl, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2001-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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