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Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 24v, Souls of the Saved Brought to Heaven

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 24v, Souls of the Saved Brought to Heaven

c. 1500
(Flemish, c. 1444–1519)
Flanders, Ghent and Bruges, late 15th century
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1963.256.24.b
Location: not on view

Description

A great lover of Flemish art, Queen Isabella treasured her many devotional books. This deluxe manuscript was created for her private devotions by highly organized and distinctly talented manuscript painters active in Ghent and Bruges. The Ghent-Bruges school represents the culmination of Flemish book painting, whose main features were the use of rich colors, illusionistic effects, a love of landscape, and a strong sense of visual narrative. Manuscripts produced by this circle of artists are renowned for their border decoration featuring a rich variety of realistically painted flowers, scrolling acanthus leaves, birds, and butterflies.
  • c.1500-
    Unidentified first owner? (c. 1500)
    Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Castile
    Baron Edmond de Rothschild (Late 1800s till 1934)
    1934-1954
    Baron Maurice de Rothschild
    1954-1963
    (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1963-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
  • Hindman, Sandra, Simon Bening, Laura Light, and Matthew J. Westerby. Simon Bening and the Enríquez De Ribera Prayerbook. Paris ; New York : Les Enluminures, 2021. Mentioned: p. 60; reproduced: p. 59, fig. 24
  • {{cite web|title=Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 24v, Souls of the Saved Brought to Heaven|url=false|author=Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian, Associates|year=c. 1500|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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