Leaf from a Commission: St. Mark Giving the Keys of Venice to Francesco de Priuli
c. 1523–1524
Benedetto Bordone
Benedetto Bordone (Italian)
Medieval Art
Leaf from a Commission: St. Mark Giving the Keys of Venice to Francesco de Priuli, c. 1523–1524. Benedetto Bordone (Italian). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 23.1 x 15.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2011.69 The coat of arms is supported by mermen, male mermaids, who are human from the waist up and fishlike from the waist down.
- Maker/Artist
- Bordon, Benedetto
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Leaf: 23.1 x 15.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 2011.69
- Credit Line
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Exhibitions
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders, CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 82, illus. p. 84.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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