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The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves)
Henri d'Orquevaulx (French) and Workshopc. 1420
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
These leaves survive 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.
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- Title: The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves)
- Creator: Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), Workshop
- Date Created: c. 1420
- Physical Dimensions: Each leaf: 16.1 x 12.5 cm (6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Jehan de Poncy and his wife, Marguerite, ca. 1539; Bartlett Gurney of Norwich (d. 1803); bequeathed by him to his aunt Catherine Gurney; given by her in 1808 to Rev. Edward Edwards of Lynn, Norfolk (d. 15 March 1849); bequeathed by him to William Hay Gurney of North Princeton, nephew of Catherine Gurney and godson of Edwards; dismembered leaves from the original manuscript have appeared with Edward R. Lubin, New York; all the above leaves [Bruce Ferrini, Akron].
- Type: Manuscript
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.172
- Medium: ink, tempera and gold on vellum
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: France, 15th century
- Credit Line: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
- Accession Number: 2003.172
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