COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1963.256.31.a
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CMA_.1963.256.31.a
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Books
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Books
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Bening, Alexander
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Bening, Alexander
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
Flemish
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Flemish
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
c. 1444 - 1519
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c. 1444 - 1519
Creator Dates/Places
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Biography:
Alexander Bening has been presumed to be the same artist formerly know under the sobriquet, "Master of the Older Prayerbook of Maximilian I"
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Alexander Bening has been presumed to be the same artist formerly know under the sobriquet, "Master of the Older Prayerbook of Maximilian I"
Biography
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
Alexander Bening
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Alexander Bening
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: fol. 31 (recto)
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Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: fol. 31 (recto)
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
c. 1495-1500
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c. 1495-1500
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1495
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1495
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1500
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1500
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
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ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Manuscript
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Manuscript
Classification Term
false
Style or Period:
Flanders, Ghent and Bruges, late 15th Century
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Flanders, Ghent and Bruges, late 15th Century
Style or Period
false
Dimensions:
Codex: 22.5cm x 15.2cm
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Codex: 22.5cm x 15.2cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1963.256.31.a
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1963.256.31.a
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
This manuscript was illuminated by a circle of at least five highly organized manuscript painters active in the Flemish cities of Ghent and Bruges. The principal illuminator was Alexander Bening, who painted the majority of the book's miniatures. Manuscripts produced by this circle of artists are renowned for the decoration of their borders, which typically feature a rich variety of realistically-painted flowers, birds, and butterflies.This prayer book, called a book of hours, was intended not for a cleric, but for the private devotions of a lay person-in this case, Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain (1451-1504). Isabella's coat of arms embellishes the book's frontispiece. It is unlikely that the book was commissioned by the Queen herself; rather, she probably received it as a diplomatic gift from someone courting her patronage, perhaps Cardinal Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros. A Franciscan friar, Jimenez was dependent upon Isabella for his advancement, first to the post of Queen's confessor in 1492, and then to Archbishop of Toledo in 1495.
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This manuscript was illuminated by a circle of at least five highly organized manuscript painters active in the Flemish cities of Ghent and Bruges. The principal illuminator was Alexander Bening, who painted the majority of the book's miniatures. Manuscripts produced by this circle of artists are renowned for the decoration of their borders, which typically feature a rich variety of realistically-painted flowers, birds, and butterflies.This prayer book, called a book of hours, was intended not for a cleric, but for the private devotions of a lay person-in this case, Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain (1451-1504). Isabella's coat of arms embellishes the book's frontispiece. It is unlikely that the book was commissioned by the Queen herself; rather, she probably received it as a diplomatic gift from someone courting her patronage, perhaps Cardinal Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros. A Franciscan friar, Jimenez was dependent upon Isabella for his advancement, first to the post of Queen's confessor in 1492, and then to Archbishop of Toledo in 1495.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1963.256.30.b_1963.256.31.a.tif
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CMA_.1963.256.30.b_1963.256.31.a.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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