id:			127356
accession number:	1950.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.1
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:14.274000

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (D) with John the Baptist, Late 1450s. Attributed to Francesco d'Antonio del Cherico (Italian, 1433–1484). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 55.1 x 36.6 cm (21 11/16 x 14 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.1

title:				Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (D) with John the Baptist
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creation date:			Late 1450s
creation date earliest:		1455
creation date latest:		1500
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Florence, 15th century
technique:	Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Francesco d'Antonio del Cherico (Italian, 1433–1484)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 55.1 x 36.6 cm (21 11/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts
	opening date:   1965-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts</i>. Wildenstein & Co., London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 24-April 10, 1965).

	title:		Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2018-12-05T05:00:00
	<i>Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 5, 2018-December 2, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1950
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
	date: 1950-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. "Miniatures by Lorenzo Monaco and Francesco Del Cherico." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 37, no. 3 (1950)
	page number: 	Illustrated on p. 47
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