Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 30v (c. 1500): Art, History and Details

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 30v (c. 1500) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519); Associates.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 30v
• Date: c. 1500
• Creator attribution: Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519); Associates
• Culture: Flanders, Ghent and Bruges, late 15th century
• Type: Bound Volume
• Technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
• Dimensions: Codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.)
• Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1963.256.30.b

Collection credit

Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

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