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Annunciation to the Shepherds (Opening of Terce, Hours of the Virgin)
Workshop of: Jacquemart de Hesdin (French, active 1384, died after 1413)
French (Paris)
Medieval (Gothic)
about 1400
Place of Manufacture: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Tempera and gold on parchment
Dimensions
Overall: 10.2 x 5.8 cm (4 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number43.212
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
DescriptionA miniature from a Book of Hours depicting in the foreground two shepherds in red and blue with staves gaze heavenward while their flock grazes at the right and a gray dog lies curled at their feet. A winding road leads to the back of the scene, along which stands a small white cross. On the road a man drives a laden donkey toward a windmill. An angel hovers at the top of the scene holding a banderole.
ProvenanceUntil 1943, Miss E. M. Ranshaw (d. by 1943), London; February 9, 1943, posthumous Ranshaw sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 106, to Raphael Rosenberg [see note 1]; sold by Raphael Rosenberg to his brother, Saemy Rosenberg, Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York; 1943, sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel to the MFA for $2500 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: October 14, 1943)
NOTES:
[1] Miss Ranshaw had owned a total of sixteen miniatures from the same Book of Hours, which were sold together in 1943. Grete Ring, Arthur Kauffmann, and Raphael Rosenberg bought them, acquiring four leaves each (selling the remaining four leaves to a private collector, F. Springell). The four leaves acquired by Rosenberg are MFA accession numbers 43.212 - 43.515.
[2] MFA accession numbers 43.212 - 43.215 were acquired together for this price.
NOTES:
[1] Miss Ranshaw had owned a total of sixteen miniatures from the same Book of Hours, which were sold together in 1943. Grete Ring, Arthur Kauffmann, and Raphael Rosenberg bought them, acquiring four leaves each (selling the remaining four leaves to a private collector, F. Springell). The four leaves acquired by Rosenberg are MFA accession numbers 43.212 - 43.515.
[2] MFA accession numbers 43.212 - 43.215 were acquired together for this price.