- Period
- Late Gothic
- Date
- c. 1530–35
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 2003.174.1
Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)
Noël Bellemare, c. 1530–35
Cleveland Museum of Art · The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection · Public domain
- Maker
- Noël Bellemare
- Date
- c. 1530–35
- Medium
- ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Period
- Late Gothic
The record
Why it matters
The 1520s Hours Workshop produced luxury books of hours for a wealthy, often royal, clientele. Recent evidence points to Paris as the site of the workshop’s activity under the direction of Antwerp-born miniaturist Noël Bellemare (died 1546). Containing fuschia pinks and bright acid greens, the palette is unusual in French manuscript painting of the period. Instead, Bellemare’s miniatures point directly to Antwerp painting at the time.