Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Matthew

Description

The style of this miniature can be linked to the Limbourg Brothers, celebrated Dutch miniature painters who were active in France, particularly Burgundy. They are known to have first worked for Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and later for Duke Jean de Berry. The palette of this miniature, with its ultramarine blues, soft pink, and pale green, as well
as the crisp geometric pattern behind the figure, is typical of the Limbourgs’ work. In a book of hours, this miniature would have introduced the start of the gospel lessons.

Provenance

[Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]; Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL and Durham, NC, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (-2005); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2005-)

Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Matthew

Limbourg Brothers

c. 1415–20

Accession Number

2005.204

Medium

ink, tempera and gold on vellum

Dimensions

Leaf: 18.1 x 13 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

Classification

Manuscript

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection