Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits
c. 1480
Hausbuch Master
Hausbuch Master (German)
Medieval Art
Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits, c. 1480. Hausbuch Master (German). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; original blind stamped leather binding; codex: 23.7 x 18.4 x 5.4 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1952.465 The Hausbuch Master, also a printmaker, is thought to be the first artist to use a form of engraving known as drypoint.
- Maker/Artist
- Hausbuch Master
- Classification
- Bound Volume
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; original blind stamped leather binding
- Dimensions
- Codex: 23.7 x 18.4 x 5.4 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1952.465
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Twelve Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Book Illumination, The Scholar in Art, Livelier Than Life: The Master of the Amsterdam Print Cabinet, Scriptorium: The Illuminated Book in Medieval Art, The Medieval Housebook: The Real and the Ideal--A Fifteenth-Century View of Life, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection, Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500, Twelve Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Book Illuminations, The Cleveland Museum of Art, (March 17 - May 17, 1965); no.11., The Master of the Masterdam Print Cabinet, Rijksmusuem, Amsterdam, (March 14-June 9, 1985); cat. 119, p. 246, repr. p. 230., The Master of the Masterdam Print Cabinet, Stagelaches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, (September 3 - November 3, 1985); cat. 119, p. 246, repr. p. 230.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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