Collection Online as of January 28, 2023

Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion

attributed to Nicolò da Bologna

(Italian, c. 1325–1403)

Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Sheet: 26.8 x 20.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)

Gift from J. H. Wade 1924.1013

Location

not on view

Description

Symbolizing the Eucharist, this leaf depicts angels holding chalices to collect blood from Christ's five wounds.

Provenance

Probably Dukes of Anjou (Anjou arms): Count Louis Paar, (Sale: Rome, Mar. 20, 1889, no. 266); Arthur Sambon, Paris; Leonce Rosenberg, Paris.

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 21 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 22 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 157 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 58 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. 58 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 66 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 272-273, no. 103

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art: "Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the CMA" June 26-October 4, 1936, no. 136.

The Baltimore Museum of Art: "Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance" January 27-March 13, 1949, cat. no. 165.

Los Angeles County Museum: "Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts" November 25, 1953-January 9, 1954, cat. no. 92.

Berkeley, University Art Gallery, University of California: "Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the XVIth Centuries" April 24-June 8, 1963, cat. no. 25, pl. XXII.

The Cleveland Museum of Art, "Gothic Art, 1360-1440" August 8-Septmenber 15, 1963, no. 62, repr.

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum: "13th and 14th Century Italian Panels and Manuscripts in honor of Richard Offners 75th Birthday" April 8-June 6, 1965, no. 69, p. 42.

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 12, 1936).

Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 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).

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

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).

Medieval Bologna: Art for a University City. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (organizer) (November 5, 2021-January 30, 2022) https://fristartmuseum.org/exhibition/medieval-bologna-art-for-a-univers....