id:			153734
accession number:	1987.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.4
updated:		2025-06-10 11:10:07.825000

Miniature from a Speculum Historiale: Claudius Designates Nero as His Successor, 1447–60. Master of Jouvenel des Ursins (French, active 1447–60). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 12.9 x 9.7 cm (5 1/16 x 3 13/16 in.); framed: 44.5 x 34.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.); matted: 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.4

title:				Miniature from a Speculum Historiale: Claudius Designates Nero as His Successor
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creation date:			1447–60
creation date earliest:		1447
creation date latest:		1460
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 15th century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Master of Jouvenel des Ursins (French, active 1447–60)  - artist
Active at the French Court of Rene d'Anjou, ca. 1450-1480
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measurements: Sheet: 12.9 x 9.7 cm (5 1/16 x 3 13/16 in.); Framed: 44.5 x 34.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	title:		Illuminated Manuscripts
	opening date:   2004-10-10T00:00:00
	<i>Illuminated Manuscripts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

	title:		The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   2010-11-06T00:00:00
	<i>The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Daniel Burckhardt-Wildt (1715-1819), Basel, Switzerland, by descent to his heirs
	date: -1819
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	(Sale: Sotheby's, London, 4/25/1983, lot 129d)
	date: April 25, 1983
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	Mark Lansburgh, Tesque, New Mexico, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1987
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1987." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 2 (1988).
	page number: 	p. 65
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160017

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. <em>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. 81, p.220
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	Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550</em>. München: Hirmer, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 216-17, no. 81
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IMAGES

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