Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 14r, Initial with The Nativity
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
1998.124.14.a
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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), including the one on recto (right side) shown here, 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 on the verso (left side), have recently been attributed to the Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode. The background of the Nativity depicts a dis...