Leaf from a Book of Hours: Presentation in the Temple (c. 1470–1480): Art, History and Details

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Presentation in the Temple (c. 1470–1480) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Guillaume Vrelant (Flemish, c. 1454–1481).

The work and its context

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

Guillaume Vrelant, born in Utrecht, was known to be in Bruges from 1454 onward where he died around 1481. He probably went there to sidestep a 1427 law which banned the sale of Utrecht images. A painter very much in vogue, he founded the Illuminators’ Guild in Bruges under the patronage of Saint John the Evangelist. He is known to have provided manuscripts to the Burgundian court.

Object facts

• Title: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Presentation in the Temple
• Date: c. 1470–1480
• Creator attribution: Guillaume Vrelant (Flemish, c. 1454–1481)
• Culture: Flanders, Bruges
• Type: Manuscript
• Technique: tempera, liquid gold, and grisaille on vellum
• Dimensions: Sheet: 10.2 x 7.3 cm (4 x 2 7/8 in.)
• Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1954.140.4

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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