Detail View: The AMICA Library: Front Cover of a Gospel Book with Scenes from the Infancy of Christ and Bearing the Arms of Cardinal Jean La Balue (1421-1491)

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1952.109
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
European; Southern European; Florentine
Creator Name-CRT: 
Italy (Florence), 15th century
Title: 
Front Cover of a Gospel Book with Scenes from the Infancy of Christ and Bearing the Arms of Cardinal Jean La Balue (1421-1491)
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1467-1468
Creation Start Date: 
1462
Creation End Date: 
1473
Materials and Techniques: 
nielloed silver plaques within gilt-silvered borders
Classification Term: 
metalwork
Classification Term: 
Metalwork
Style or Period: 
Italy, (Florence), 15th century
Dimensions: 
Overall: 41.6cm x 29.6cm x 1.6cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1952.109
Credit Line: 
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Jean La Balue. Pope Paul II. The Vatican. Manfrin, Venice. Barker, England (1862). Baron Anselm de Rothschild (1864). Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna. Baron Alphonse de Rothschild. (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1952.109.tif