Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (D) with John the Baptist
Late 1450s
Francesco d'Antonio del Cherico
Francesco d'Antonio del Cherico (Italian, 1433–1484)
Medieval Art
Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (D) with John the Baptist, Late 1450s. Attributed to Francesco d'Antonio del Cherico (Italian, 1433–1484). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 55.1 x 36.6 cm (21 11/16 x 14 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.1 It was common practice in the Renaissance for illuminators to buy their pigments from apothecaries.
- Maker/Artist
- Francesco di Antonio del Chierico
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 55.1 x 36.6 cm (21 11/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1950.1
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts, Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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