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Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

c. 1530–35
(French, d. 1546)
(French)
France, 16th century
ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum
Each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2003.174.1
Location: not on view
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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.
Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

c. 1530–35

Noël Bellemare, The 1520s Hours Workshop

(French, d. 1546), (French)
France, 16th century

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