Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Date

c. 1530–35

Medium

ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum

Culture

France, 16th century

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The 1520s Hours Workshop produced luxury books of hours for a wealthy, often royal, clientele. Recent evidence points to Paris as the site of the workshop’s activity under the direction of Antwerp-born miniaturist Noël Bellemare (died 1546). Containing fuschia pinks and bright acid greens, the palette is unusual in French manuscript painting of the period. Instead, Bellemare’s miniatures point directly to Antwerp painting at the time.

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