id: 129216 accession number: 1952.109 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.109 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:22.392000 Front Cover for a Gospel Book of French Cardinal Jean La Balou (1421-1491), c. 1467–68. Italy, Florence, 15th century. Nielloed silver plaques within gilt-silver borders; overall: 41.6 x 29.6 x 1.6 cm (16 3/8 x 11 5/8 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.109 title: Front Cover for a Gospel Book of French Cardinal Jean La Balou (1421-1491) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1467–68 creation date earliest: 1462 creation date latest: 1473 current location: 117A Italian Renaissance creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Florence, 15th century technique: nielloed silver plaques within gilt-silver borders department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Renaissance type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 41.6 x 29.6 x 1.6 cm (16 3/8 x 11 5/8 x 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Prints 1400-1800 opening date: 1956-12-18T05:00:00 Prints 1400-1800. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 18, 1956-January 20, 1957); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 1-March 3, 1957); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (November 1-December 1, 1957). title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00 Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971). title: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story opening date: 1981-12-01T05:00:00 When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982). title: Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs opening date: 1982-11-02T05:00:00 Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983). title: Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection opening date: 1989-02-14T05:00:00 Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989). title: All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection opening date: 1994-11-23T05:00:00 All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995). title: Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections opening date: 1998-02-08T00:00:00 Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-April 12, 1998). title: Battle of the Nudes: Pollaiuolo's Renaissance Masterpiece opening date: 2002-08-25T00:00:00 Battle of the Nudes: Pollaiuolo's Renaissance Masterpiece. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 8 - April 12, 1998. "Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Reniassance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections," exh. cat. no. 33, pp. 111.', 'opening_date': '1998-02-08T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage (1971), no.44', 'opening_date': '1971-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 25-October 27, 2002. "Battle of the Nudes: Pollaiuolo\'s Rennaissance Masterpiece". exh. cat. number 22, p. 23.', 'opening_date': '2002-08-25T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Jean La Balue. Pope Paul II. The Vatican. Manfrin, Venice. Barker, England (1862). Baron Anselm de Rothschild (1864). Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna. Baron Alphonse de Rothschild. (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Milliken, William M. “A Niello Book Cover of the Fifteenth Century.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 6 (June 1952): 119–121. page number: Mentioned: p. 119-121 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141799 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. 230 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n50 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. 80 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n104 Degenhart, Bernhard, Annegrit Schmitt, Hans-Joachim Eberhardt, Susanne Wagini, and Lorenza Melli. Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen, 1300-1450. Berlin : Mann, 1968-1990. München : Biering & Brinkmann, 2004-2010. Petersberg : Michael Imhof Verlag, 1968. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 139, fig. 3 url: 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. 80 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n104 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. 91 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n111 Winter, Patrick M. de. “Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part I: Incorporating Notes on the Sculptor Severo Da Ravenna.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 3 (March 1986): 74–138. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 80, fig. 15 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159934 Melli, Lorenza. Corpus der Italienischen Zeichnungen, 1300-1450. Petersberg : Michael Imhof Verlag, 2023. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 139, fig. 3 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.109/1952.109_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.109/1952.109_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.109/1952.109_full.tif