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

c. 1530–35

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Noël Bellemare

(French, d. 1546)

The 1520s Hours Workshop

(French)

France, 16th century

Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum

Each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2003.174.1

Location

115 Manuscripts & Textiles

Description

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.

Provenance

Baron Jerome Pichon (1812-1896); [Richard Day, London (no. 69 only)]; [Sam Fogg, London]; [Bruce Ferrini, Akron]

Citations

Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 72, cat. no. 71 archive.org

Exhibition history

CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 70 & 71, illus. p. 72.

Main Gallery rotation (gallery 113): November 29, 2012 - January 14, 2014.

The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).

The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).