id: 162536 accession number: 2003.172 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.172 updated: 2023-08-23 23:58:21.392000 The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves), c. 1420. Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), or Workshop. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 16.1 x 12.5 cm (6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2003.172 title: The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1420 creation date earliest: 1415 creation date latest: 1425 current location: creditline: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection copyright: --- culture: France, 15th century technique: ink, tempera and gold on vellum department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Henri d'Orquevaulx (French) - artist * Workshop - artist --- measurements: Each leaf: 16.1 x 12.5 cm (6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations opening date: 1999-12-19T00:00:00 The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 29, illus. p. 37. --- PROVENANCE Jehan de Poncy (d. 1605) and his wife, Marguerite date: before 1539 - after 1541 footnotes: citations: Bartlett Gurney (1756-1803), Norwich, England, bequeathed to his aunt Catherine Gurney date: footnotes: citations: Catherine Gurney (1776–1850), Norwich, England, gifted to Rev. Edward Edwards date: -1808 footnotes: citations: Rev. Edward Edwards (1766-1849), Lynn, Norfolk, bequeathed to his godson William Hay Gurney, nephew of Catherine Gurney date: 1808- footnotes: citations: William Hay Gurney (1827-1898), North Princeton date: footnotes: citations: Sale: Christie's New York, April 7, 1978, Lot 226 date: April 7, 1978 footnotes: citations: [Bruce Ferrini (1950-2010), Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn] date: footnotes: citations: Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, Fl, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -2003 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2003- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Originally used solely by the ordained, by the 1000s, these prayers had spread to the general population through their inclusion in books of hours. digital description: wall description: This leaf survives from what must have been an extraordinarily rich book of hours. Stylistically, the illuminations relate to the workshop of Henri d'Orquevaulx, a documented Metz manuscript painter. Little is known about d'Orquevaulx's life or career. Compositionally, structurally, and stylistically, the miniatures suggest strong links to Netherlandish illumination. --- RELATED WORKS id: 169741 Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Barbara (6 of 6 Excised Leaves), c. 1420-30. Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), or Workshop. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; leaf: 16.1 x 12.4 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2011.57 relationship: id: 162143 The Ascension: Leaf from a Book of Hours (4 of 6 Excised Leaves), c. 1420–30. Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), or Workshop. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; overall: 15.9 x 11.6 cm (6 1/4 x 4 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.76 relationship: id: 160817 Christ before Pilate: Leaf from a Book of Hours (2 of 6 Excised Leaves), c. 1420–30. Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), or Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; each leaf: 16.1 x 12.4 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.129 relationship: id: 160816 Annunciation to the Shepherds: Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 6 Excised Leaves), c. 1420–30. Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), or Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; each leaf: 16.1 x 12.4 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.128 relationship: id: 162142 The Nativity: Leaf from a Book of Hours (3 of 6 Excised Leaves), c. 1420–30. Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), or Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; each leaf: 16.1 x 12.6 cm (6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.75 relationship: --- CITATIONS Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Printed Books and Manuscripts Including an Important Manuscript Map of Southeastern North America, 1721. 1978. page number: Lot 226 url: Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. page number: Mentioned: p. 37; Reproduced: p. 38, cat. no. 29 url: https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n49 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.172/2003.172_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.172/2003.172_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.172/2003.172_full.tif