Sujet

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Missal of Claude, Queen of Francis I., 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A magnificent missal, painted on vellum, with illuminated capitals, and whole leaves painted with illustrations from Scripture history, beautifully finished, 15th century. The cover is ornamented with black enamel scrolls on the borders and back, set with rubies and turquoises alternately, equidistant; on the sides are two large oval red cornelian intaglios of the Crucifixion, with St. Francis receiving the stigmata, and an altar of the Virgin and Child, on one side of which is St. Catherine, with palm-branch, sword, and wheel; on the other a male saint holding a palm-branch, with a castle, inscribed: "O, mater Dei, memento mei". In the angles are cherubs. Above and below the intaglios are two lines of gold letters on white enamel: "Adoramus te, Christo..." and "Maria, mater gratis...". On the clasp is a large cut garnet. Horace Walpole, in whose collection it was formerly, says: "This precious Prayer-book belonged to Claude, Queen of France, wife of Francis I., and seems to have belonged to Thuanus." It was bought by him at Dr. Mead's sale, in 1755; and at the sale of the Strawberry Hill collection, in 1842, it became the property of the Earl of Waldegrave. Frances, Countess of Waldegrave'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A15_258

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

5,1Mo (459,9Ko) / 43,7cm x 50,6cm / 1239 x 1433 (72dpi)

Mots clés

religious arts country French France religion art book British museum church color Christianity antique antiques Renaissance location collection century Britain ecclesiastical newspapers press print artefacts literature artefact concept artifacts artifact B&W engraved engraving prayer book Colour semi-precious stone 19th century black & white black and white B W Garnet white and black Victoria and Albert Museum 16th century nineteenth century sixteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News missal Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum ILN newspaper Victoria & Albert Museum book cover Unknown Earl of V&A Horace Walpole Walpole Horatio Walpole Earl of Orford Sir Horace Walpole Orford Horace garnets V&A Museum 4th Earl of Orford Claude 19th-century Claude de France de France of France Claude of France