Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto)
c. 1190
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto), c. 1190. Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.445.a
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1933.445.a
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Die Kunst und Kultur und der Weser in der Zeit von 800 bis 1600, Stadt im Wandel: Kunst und Kultur des Bürgertums in Norddeutschland (City in Transition: Art and Culture of the Bourgeoisie in Northern Germany), Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit (Henry the Lion and his time), Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, "Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400", 1940; p. 8, no.22, pl. XIX.<br><br>Cincinnati, The Taft Museum; "Medieval Art from XII to XV Xenturies," December 1948-January 1949.<br><br>Winnepeg Art Gallery, Canada; December 4, 1951-February 11, 1952.<br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art: "The Helmarshausen Latin Gospel" March-June, 1959.<br>Berkely, CA, University Art Gallery: "Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the early XVIth century" April 5, 1963-June 18, 1963; cat. no. 4, p. 12-13, repr. pl. I.<br><br>Buffalo, Albright Knox Gallery: 12/2/1964-01/19/1965.<br><br>Domplatz, Germany, Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Castle Corvey: "Kunst und Kultur im Weserraum 800-1600" May 15-September 15, 1966, p. 508, no. 194.<br><br>Westfallen, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte: "Kunst und Kultur im Wesserraum 800-1600" 1966, no. 194.<br><br>New York, The Metropolitan Musuem of Art: "The Year 1200" 01/12/1970-05/29/1970, no. 265. <br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, "The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art," September 25-December 19, 1993.<br><br>Braunschweig, Germany, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, "Heinrich der Lowe und Seine Zeit Herrschaft und Reprasentation der Welfen 1125-1235" August 6, 1995-November 12, 1995.<br><br>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 106): September 9, 2010 - February 14, 2011.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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