id: 106348
accession number: 1924.430
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Illumination Excised from a Choir Book: Two Female Angels, c. 1332. Niccolo di ser Sozzo Tegliacci (Italian, Siena, active 1334–63). Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 8.2 x 7.3 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1924.430
title: Illumination Excised from a Choir Book: Two Female Angels
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creation date: c. 1332
creation date earliest: 1327
creation date latest: 1337
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creditline: Gift from J. H. Wade
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culture: Italy, Siena, 14th century
technique: tempera and gold on parchment
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
* Niccolo di ser Sozzo Tegliacci (Italian, Siena, active 1334–63) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 8.2 x 7.3 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
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).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Exhibition of the Month: Masterpieces in Miniature
opening date: 1949-06-03T04:00:00
Exhibition of the Month: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 3-August 29, 1949).
title: Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts
opening date: 1963-04-24T05:00:00
Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963).
title: Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts
opening date: 1965-02-24T05:00:00
Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts. Wildenstein & Co., London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 24-April 10, 1965).
title: The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00
The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).
title: Stories From Storage
opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00
Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Medieval Art from XII to XV Centuries, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH (Dec. 1948-January 1949).
* Pages of Medieval and Renaissance Illuminate Manuscripts from the Xth to the XVIth Centauries: An Exhibition organized by William Mathewson Milliken, University Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963).
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PROVENANCE
(Durlacher Brothers, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: -1924
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1924-
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fun fact:
Niccolo di ser Sozzo Tegliacci was one of the leading panel painters and miniaturists working in Siena. His father is believed to have also been an illuminator although he was a little known.
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This miniature was taken from a choir book and shows two female figures. Their golden halos mark them as saints and the lily scepters as virgins. It is attributed to the Sienese painter Niccolò di ser Sozzo. Although more than half of the population of Siena is said to have died of the plague, the city’s finances recovered quickly. In the arts, however, there is a continuation of the traditions of the first half of the century, of which Niccolò is a characteristic representative. It is therefore often difficult to decide whether a work was created before or after the plague wave.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
W. M. M. "Illuminated Miniatures in the Cleveland Museum of Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 12, no. 4 (1925).
page number: pp. 64, 67
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25136832
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 21
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n23
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
page number: Reproduced: p. 22
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n26
Milliken, William M. "An Illuminated Miniature by Niccolo di ser Sozzo de Ricci" Art in America XIII (1925).
page number: pp. 160-6, no. 24, 430
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 155
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n40
Milliken, William Mathewson. Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the Early XVIth Centuries: An Exhibition. Berkeley: University of California, 1963.
page number: Cat. no. 31, p. 22, pl. XXVIII
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 54
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n78
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 54
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n78
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 63
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n83
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IMAGES
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