id: 140913 accession number: 1964.40.29.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.40.29.a updated: 2023-08-23 21:58:14.082000 Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 29r,The Annunciation (Matins), c. 1405. Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates (French). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 19.4 x 13.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1964.40.29.a title: Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 29r,The Annunciation (Matins) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1405 creation date earliest: 1400 creation date latest: 1410 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: France, Paris, 15th century technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Bound Volume find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates (French) - artist --- measurements: Codex: 19.4 x 13.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Edmond de Rothschild date: footnotes: citations: Maurice de Rothschild date: footnotes: citations: Edmond de Rothschild, Paris date: footnotes: citations: Edmond de Rothschild; Maurice de Rothschild; Edmond de Rothschild, Paris date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This precious volume was obviously highly prized by its owner, the French-born King of Navarre, who had his coat of arms painted on no less than 20 folios. Rather than directly commissioning this manuscript from a specific workshop, it seems that Charles the Noble acquired his book of hours—perhaps made for the luxury market—while on a trip to Paris in 1404–5. A collaborative effort, six painting styles are seen within the pages of this codex, those of two Italians, two Frenchmen, and two Netherlanders. The painter who was responsible for the planning and decoration of the book, and who produced 17 of the large miniatures, was a Bolognese artist known as the Master of the Brussels Initials. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.40.29.a/1964.40.29.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.40.29.a/1964.40.29.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.40.29.a/1964.40.29.a_full.tif