Artwork preview

Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Bartholomew

Cleveland Museum of Art

A man with a halo stands in an arched alcove. He has long, light-brown hair and a beard. The man wears a blue shirt and a red robe with gold trim. He holds a book in one hand and a knife in the other. Behind him, there are three barred windows and a blue wall with gold stars. The floor is a checkered pattern of yellow and white. The alcove has a green ceiling and a gold border. The border around the alcove is white with colorful flowers, leaves, and vines. The flowers are red, blue, and green. The leaves are green. The vines are black with yellow accents. The background behind the page is white.

Artwork Details

Dimensions
621 × 893 px
Museum Record
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 64r, Christ in Majesty
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 27r, St. Mark
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Coronation of the Virgin
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Saint James the Greater
Miniature Excised from a Psalter: Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 202r, Office of the Dead
Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Barbara (2 of 2 Excised Leaves)
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 29r,The Annunciation (Matins)
Book of Hours (Use of Metz): Fol. 26v, Virgin and Child
The Nativity: Leaf from a Book of Hours (3 of 6 Excised Leaves)
Book of Hours (Use of Paris): Annunciation
Canon Page from a Missal: Christ in Majesty with Evangelists
The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves)
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 25a, St. Matthew
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 161v, Mocking of Christ
Miniature from a Speculum Historiale: Claudius Designates Nero as His Successor
Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 80r, Opening Penitential Psalms, David Penitent, in the Distance David Slaying Goliath
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 96r, Coronation of the Virgin (Compline)
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 221v, Adoration of the Magi
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 82vr, Presentation in the Temple (Nones)
Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Annunciation (recto)
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 55r, The Visitation (Lauds)
Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Gradual: Christ in Majesty with King David and Prophets
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol.1r, St. John the Evagelist