Minneapolis Institute of Art
Leaf from a Book of Hours (recto and verso)
Possibly The School of the Master of Mary of BurgundyLinkedCulture matchlcp-1cc552431f1e
- Date
- late 15th century
- Medium
- Ink, gouache, and gold leaf on vellum
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 7348
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Manuscript books could be purchased from a given workshop in various levels of quality. The colorful leaf seen here shows an ingenious method of producing a pleasing book using artists of middling skill. By breaking the border down into small sections, the master could have an assistant copy relatively simple units of decoration in ever varying combinations. It is also interesting to note that the artist probably copied the tiny picture of the praying figures from another manuscript and since it was not designed as an initial, he crammed the D into the upper right corner. Flanders, France, Europe
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- Credit line
- The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966
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