Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Fishing (verso)
c. 1500–1510
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Fishing (verso), c. 1500–1510. France, Paris or Rouen, 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 18.1 x 12.9 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2006.13.b The ape and the wild boar symbolized vice in general and lust in particular during the Middle Ages.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Each leaf: 18.1 x 12.9 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 2006.13.b
- Credit Line
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 115 Manuscripts & Textiles
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