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The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)
Noël BellemareLinkedCulture matchlcp-c06809560a64
- Date
- c. 1530–35
- Medium
- ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
- Culture
- France, Paris
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 162150
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Unusual in French manuscript painting of the period, fuchsia pinks and bright acid greens characterize the painting’s palette. The figures are set in the foreground of the miniature and enclosed within a "Fontainebleau"-style architectural frame. The 1520s Hours Workshop primarily produced jewel-like luxury books of hours for a wealthy clientele. Evidence points to Paris as the site of the workshop's activity under the direction of the Antwerp-born miniaturist Noël Bellemare (died 1546). Books of hours were often purchased as luxury objects in order to reflect the owner’s status, wealth, and taste.
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- Credit line
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Provenance
- Baron Jérome-Frédéric Pichon [1812-1896], Paris, France | -1988: (Richard Day, London, UK) | -1991: (Sam Fogg, London, UK), sold to Bruce Ferrini | 1998-: (Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn) | -2001: Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2001-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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