id: 152844 accession number: 1985.81 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.81 updated: 2023-01-11 06:07:58.510000 Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David, c. 1500. Circle of Jean Bourdichon (French, c. 1457–1521). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 27.5 x 20.2 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1985.81 title: Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1500 creation date earliest: 1495 creation date latest: 1505 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 15th century technique: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jean Bourdichon (French, c. 1457–1521) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 27.5 x 20.2 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * A Medieval Treasury: An Exhibition of Medieval Art from the Third to the Sixteenth Century, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. (October 8- Novermber 3, 1968) by Robert G. Clakins, p.185, cat.no. 112 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The illuminator Jean Bourdichon was court painter to four successive kings of France: Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I. On the basis of surviving documents, he seems to have been principally active between 1478 and 1520. The text is that of Psalm 50 beginning Miserere mei deus (Have mercy on me, O God), and one of the Seven Penitential Psalms found in medieval books of hours. It is the life of David, who according to tradition, was the author of the psalms, that dominates the miniatures for the Penitential Psalms. As a proud and powerful king who flagrantly committed both adultery and murder, David was struck down and reprimanded by God. The Penitential Psalms themselves, especially Psalm 50, are associated with his penance for these sins. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.81/1985.81_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.81/1985.81_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.81/1985.81_full.tif