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Source Description
Twelve nearly square images (each approximately 90 x 85 mm) with scenes from the Passion of Christ, from the Life of St. Clare of Assisi, and from the profession of a Clarissan nun. The twelve scenes are enclosed within a 'strewn flower' border in liquid gold and colors, typical of those painted in illuminated manuscripts in Ghent and Bruges beginning ca. 1470.
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Document identity
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85657
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Illuminated Leaf with the Profession of Clarissan Nun
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title
Illuminated Leaf with the Profession of Clarissan Nun
description
Twelve nearly square images (each approximately 90 x 85 mm) with scenes from the Passion of Christ, from the Life of St. Clare of Assisi, and from the profession of a Clarissan nun. The twelve scenes are enclosed within a 'strewn flower' border in liquid gold and colors, typical of those painted in illuminated manuscripts in Ghent and Bruges beginning ca. 1470.
provenance
Rev. T.H. Aldridge, Devon, United Kingdom [date and mode of acquisition unknown] until 2008; Maggs Bros., Berkeley Square, London, 2008; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by purchase.
date
ca. 1530-1550
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en
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folios (leaves)
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cm
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45
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32.5
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H: 17 11/16 x W: 12 13/16 in. (45 x 32.5 cm)
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med
pigments on parchment
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6505
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3231
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