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Leaf from a Cocharelli Treatise on the Vices: Acedia and Her Court

c. 1330

Italy, Genoa

Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Sheet: 16.3 x 10.3 cm (6 7/16 x 4 1/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.152

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This miniature is noteworthy for its depiction of richly adorned textiles and jeweled headdresses imitative of the Islamic world.

Description

This leaf comes from a treatise written before 1324 by a member of the Genoese Cocharelli family as a moral lesson for the following generation. The family’s dedication to education is seen in the use of Latin and the theme of the seven capital vices. We see Queen Accidia (or Sloth) lying in bed, bored despite all the distractions around her. The depiction of the precious fabrics shows an intimate knowledge of textiles from the Islamic world and is a testament to the flourishing trade contacts of Genoa.

Provenance

?-1930

Edwin and Caroline Czeczkowiczka, Vienna, Austria

May 12, 1930

Sale: Hermann Ball & Paul Graupe, Berlin, Germany, 12 May 1930, lot. no. 3

?-1953

Heinrich Eisemann (1890-1972), London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1953-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Thieme, Ulrich, Felix Becker, Fred. C. Willis, and Hans Vollmer. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1907. Vol. VIII, p. 234

Herbert, J. A. Illuminated Manuscripts. London: Methuen and Co, 1911. pp. 263-4

Mély, F. de. Les Miniaturistes. 1913. p. 185

British Museum, J. A. Herbert, Eric George Millar, and D. H. Turner. Reproductions from Illuminated Manuscripts. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1923. Series IV, p. 30-1

Hermann Ball & Paul Graupe (Berlin, Germany). Wiener Sammlung, zweiter Teil. 1930. lot no. 3, p. 4, plate II

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 160 archive.org

Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. Aspects of Late Mediaeval Art; The Mediaeval Conference, the Ohio State University. 1958. No. 20

Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.). The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400; [Exhibition]: October 23-December 2, 1962. 1962. pp. 74-5, no. 72, pl. LXIV

"Gothic Art 1360-1440." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (1963). p. 183, no. 60

Wadsworth Atheneum. An Exhibition of Italian Panels & Manuscripts from the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Centuries, in Honor of Richard Offner: April 9 to June 6, 1965, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Hartford [Conn.]: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1965. Cat. No. 111

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 60 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 60 archive.org

Hutchinson, Evelyn G. "Aposematic Insects nad the Master of the Brussels Initials," American Scientist Vol. 62, No. 2 (March-April 1974). pp. 161-171

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 69 archive.org

Martin Nagy, Rebecca. Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. p. 32, 43, 59

Fabbri, Francesca. "Vizi e Virtu in due Codici Realizzati a Genova nel Trecento Fra Seduzioni d'Oriente e Apporti Toscani." Rivista di Storia Della Miniatura 17 (2013). Mentioned: p. 95-106; Reproduced: p. 100, fig. 5

BRIMO DE LAROUSSILHE. A Dominican Polyptych by the Master of the Piani D'Invrea Cross. Paris: BRIMO DE LAROUSSILHE, 2013. p. 9

Faunce, Roza. The Cocharelli Codex: Illuminating Virtue : a Fourteenth-Century Father's Counsel to His Son. 2016.

Nicolini, Simonetta, "Una Notizia bibliografica per I Frammenti Cocharelli," Intrecci d'arte n. 5-2016. pp. 9-23 web.p.ebscohost.com

Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Mentioned: p. 80-83; Reproduced: p. 81

Figdor, Albert, and Max J. Friedländer. Eine Wiener Sammlung. Zweiter Teil, Zweiter Teil. Berlin: Bell-Graupe, 1930. p. 4, pl. 2, cat. no. 2

Exhibition history

Aspects of Late Medieval Art, Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (October 31 - November 22, 1958).

The International Style, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (October 23-December 2, 1962).

An Exhibition of Italian Panels and Manuscripts from the 13th and 14th centuries in Honor of Richard Offner, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (April 9-June 6, 1965).

The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 23-December 2, 1962).

Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

An Exhibition of Italian Panels & Manuscripts from the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Centuries In Honor of Richard Offner. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (organizer) (April 9-June 6, 1965).

Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 22-March 17, 1985).

Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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