id: 151523 accession number: 1983.73.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.73.1 updated: 2020-11-04 21:24:15.060000 Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman upon the Scarlet Beast and The Fall of Babylon, c. 1295. France, Lorraine, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 10.2 x 14.7 cm (4 x 5 13/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1983.73.1 title: Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman upon the Scarlet Beast and The Fall of Babylon title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1295 creation date earliest: 1290 creation date latest: 1300 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: France, Lorraine, 13th century technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 10.2 x 14.7 cm (4 x 5 13/16 in.); Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115 opening date: 2017-12-04T05:00:00 Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Sotheby's, London sale, 25 April 1983, lot 60 date: footnotes: citations: Sotheby's, London sale, 25 April 1983, lot 60 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The visionary text of Saint John the Evangelist's Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament, inspired these images of salvation, sin, and divine retribution. A large number of illustrated volumes of the Apocalypse appeared in Northern Europe, especially in England, after the year 1240, perhaps reflecting a fear of the world's end. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.73.1/1983.73.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.73.1/1983.73.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.73.1/1983.73.1_full.tif