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The Entombment (Opening of Compline, 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 Number43.215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
DescriptionMiniature from Book of Hours depicting the body of Christ rests on the coffin lid, set slant-wise across the gaping sepulchre. Mary Magdalene, clothed as in 43.214, stands behind the coffin, kissing Christ's left hand. The lid is supported at the foot by a kneeling robed figure, while Mary Magdalene is flanked by two male figures (possibly Joseph of Arimathea and John the Baptist). At the lower right corner of scene, the Virgin Mary sits in mourning, head resting on crossed arms. Background of gold-scrolls on blue.
Produced in Paris, probably by the atelier of Jacqumart de Hesdin around the year 1400.
Produced in Paris, probably by the atelier of Jacqumart de Hesdin around the year 1400.
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.