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The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)
Noel Bellemarec. 1530-1535
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Unusual in French manuscript painting of the period, fuchsia pinks and bright acid greens characterize the painting’s palette. The figures are set in the foreground of the miniature and enclosed within a "Fontainebleau"-style architectural frame. The 1520s Hours Workshop primarily produced jewel-like luxury books of hours for a wealthy clientele. Evidence points to Paris as the site of the workshop's activity under the direction of the Antwerp-born miniaturist Noël Bellemare (died 1546).
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- Title: The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)
- Creator: Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546), The 1520s Hours Workshop (French)
- Date Created: c. 1530-1535
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 7.7 x 6.5 cm (3 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Baron Jérome-Frédéric Pichon [1812-1896], Paris, France, (Richard Day, London, UK), (Sam Fogg, London, UK), sold to Bruce Ferrini, (Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn), Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Manuscript
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.80
- Medium: ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
- Fun Fact: Books of hours were often purchased as luxury objects in order to reflect the owner’s status, wealth, and taste.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: France, Paris, 16th century
- Credit Line: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
- Accession Number: 2001.80
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