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The Betrayal (Opening of Lauds, Hours of the Cross)
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 Number43.213
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
DescriptionMiniature from a Book of Hours depicting in the center of the scene, Judas, at left, kisses Christ's cheek as the armed High Priest and his servants move in from the right to seize him. Christ heals the ear of kneeling Malchus, who holds a club and wears a wide mantle spread on the ground. A crowd of apostles stands at the left of the scene, balancing the crowd of servants at the right. The apostle Peter stands at the front of the crowd, sheathing the sword with which he cut off Malchus' ear. A figure in the back of the crowd holds aloft a lantern against the diapered background.
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.