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The Ascension: Leaf from a Book of Hours (4 of 6 Excised Leaves)
Henri d'OrquevaulxLinkedCulture matchlcp-57320d165017
- Date
- c. 1420–30
- Medium
- ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum
- Culture
- France, Metz, 15th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 162143
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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. Mostly used by women, books of hours are estimated to have been owned by every fourth household at the height of their popularity.
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Provenance & credit
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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 | 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 | 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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