Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht)
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; binding: brown Morocco over original wooden boards
Dimensions
5.9 × 11.6 cm
Classification
Bound Volume
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Milton B. Freudenheim in memory of his wife, Elizabeth Ege Freudenheim
Accession Number
1998.124
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About this artwork
This manuscript is a collaborative effort of two talented illuminators with distinctive styles. Ninety-seven historiated initials (letters containing scenes) are by the Master of the Boston City of God, a painter who worked in Utrecht. Four full-page miniatures (small paintings), including the nativity, have recently been attributed to the Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode. The background of the nativity depicts a distant cityscape (perhaps Utrecht), adjacent to which may be seen the journey of...