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accession number: 2011.64
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Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: The Nativity, c. 1480. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519). Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; leaf: 10.8 x 8.2 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2011.64
title: Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: The Nativity
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creation date: c. 1480
creation date earliest: 1475
creation date latest: 1485
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creditline: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture: Flanders, Ghent, 15th century
technique: ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
* Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519) - artist
Alexander Bening has been presumed to be the same artist formerly know under the sobriquet, "Master of the Older Prayerbook of Maximilian I"
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measurements: Leaf: 10.8 x 8.2 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
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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).
title: The Netherlandish Miniature, 1260-1550 (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115
opening date: 2013-12-16T05:00:00
The Netherlandish Miniature, 1260-1550 (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 8, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 57, illus. p. 59.
* Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 115): December 16, 2013 - December 8, 2014.
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PROVENANCE
[Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1985, lot 17]; [Sam Fogg, London]; [Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
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This book, made by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school of illumination, represents the culmination of Flemish book painting. Its main features were the use of rich colors, decorative and illusionistic effects, a love of landscape, and a strong sense of visual narrative. Its most distinctive innovation was the development of a new style of border decoration featuring realistic motifs which cast shadows onto colored grounds to create an effect of spaciousness. These motifs included a diverse assortment of flowers, butterflies, insects, birds, and sprays of acanthus foliage.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 59, cat. no. 57
url: https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n71
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