Cleveland Museum of Art
Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Betrayal of Christ
Maître FrançoisLinkedCulture matchlcp-45ab958b98fb
- Date
- c. 1470–85
- Medium
- ink, tempera and gold on vellum
- Culture
- France, central France, 15th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 163805
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This scene depicts the solemn moment of Christ’s arrest in the garden of Gethsemane when the kiss of his apostle, Judas, reveals his identity to captors. Following medieval artistic convention, Judas is usually depicted shorter than Christ. At the right, Simon Peter sheaths his sword while Christ heals the servant whose ear Peter cut off. The style and palette of this leaf are associated with Maître François, whose considerable commercial success encouraged many illuminators to imitate his forms and compositions. It is unusual to see two columns of writing in a book of hours.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Provenance
- -1986: Miss Jean C. Grattan | June 24, 1986: (Sale: Sotheby's London, June 24, 1986, Lot 107) | December 5, 1989: (Sale: Sotheby's London, December 5, 1989, lot 114) | June 22, 1993: (Sale: Sotheby's London, June 22, 1993, lot 100) | [Bruce Ferrini (1949-2010), Akron, OH, sold to Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn] | -2011: Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2011-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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