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        "tombstone": "Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (D) with John the Baptist, late 1450s. Attributed to Francesco d'Antonio del Cherico (Italian, 1433\u20131484). 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",
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        "title": "Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (D) with John the Baptist",
        "creation_date": "late 1450s",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1455,
        "creation_date_latest": 1500,
        "artists_tags": [
            "male"
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        "culture": [
            "Italy, Florence"
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        "technique": "Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum",
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        "department": "Medieval Art",
        "collection": "MED - Manuscript Illuminations",
        "type": "Manuscript",
        "measurements": "Sheet: 55.1 x 36.6 cm (21 11/16 x 14 7/16 in.)",
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        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 515593,
                    "title": "Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts",
                    "description": "<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).",
                    "opening_date": "1965-02-24T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 315086,
                    "title": "Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115",
                    "description": "<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).",
                    "opening_date": "2018-12-05T05:00:00"
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        "provenance": [
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                "description": "Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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                "date": "-1950",
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                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh",
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                "date": "1950-",
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        "did_you_know": "It was common practice in the Renaissance for illuminators to buy their pigments from apothecaries.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "This leaf comes from a gradual, a choral book containing the mass chants. It features a large <br>decorated letter <em>D</em> introducing the Mass: <em>Deus, in nomine tuo salvum me fac</em> (Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength) from Psalm 53. Francesco d\u2019Antonio del Cherico began his career as a goldsmith in Florence. He eventually changed his occupation to manuscript illuminator where he achieved much success. He was a pupil of Fra Angelico and became famous for being Lorenzo de\u2019 Medici\u2019s favorite illuminator. He gained a reputation for his well-executed illustrations in varying types of books ranging from small books of hours to large choir books. His illustrations often featured intricate floral arrangements, as seen here.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60761112"
            ],
            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1950.1-leaf-from-a-gradual"
            ]
        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "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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        "updated_at": "2026-08-03 14:13:47.104000"
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