- Period
- Late Gothic
- Date
- c. 1470–85
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 2005.208
Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Betrayal of Christ
Maître François, c. 1470–85
Cleveland Museum of Art · The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection · Public domain
- Maker
- Maître François
- Date
- c. 1470–85
- Medium
- ink, tempera and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Leaf: 12.4 x 9.3 cm (4 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
- Period
- Late Gothic
The record
Why it matters
This scene depicts the solemn moment of Christ’s arrest in the garden of Gethsemane when the kiss of his apostle, Judas, reveals his identity to captors. Following medieval artistic convention, Judas is usually depicted shorter than Christ. At the right, Simon Peter sheaths his sword while Christ heals the servant whose ear Peter cut off. The style and palette of this leaf are associated with Maître François, whose considerable commercial success encouraged many illuminators to imitate his forms and compositions.