Who created "Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto)"?

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto) was created by Jacopo Filippo d' Argenta (Italian, 1501) in c. 1480.

What medium is "Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto)"?

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto) is ink, tempera, and gold on parchment.

Is "Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto)" in the public domain?

Yes, Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto)

Q: When was "Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto)" created?

This artwork was created c. 1480.

Jacopo Filippo d' Argenta (Italian, 1501)

c. 1480

Medium

ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

Dimensions

77 × 52 cm

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Accession Number

1927.425.2.a

Tags

male

About this artwork

This leaf was excised from a volume of a large set of choral books known to have been commissioned by Bartolomeo delle Rovere for Ferrara Cathedral. Delle Rovere, nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, was the Bishop of Ferrara from 1474 to 1494 and his arms appear in the rondel at the bottom of the page: a shield bearing an oak tree (rovere in Italian) surmounted by a patriarchal cross, the symbol of his rank and authority. Payment records indicate that Argenta worked on the choir books for Ferrara Cathedra...

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with Mass for the Dead (recto)

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