Works of Art (21)
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Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1520, Attributed to Master of James IV of Scotland, Ink and tempera on vellum (48.149.15) |
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Architectural Drawing, 1450–1500,
France,
Pen and brown ink over black chalk on vellum (68.49) |
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Belles Heures of Jean of France, Duke of Berry, 14068 or 1409, Herman, Paul, and Jean Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish), French; Made in Paris, Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum (54.1.1) |
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Desk, ca. 1902,
Carlo Bugatti (Italian),
Walnut, copper, pewter, vellum (1970.181.3) |
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The Holy Family, ca. 1510–20,
Jan Gossaert (Netherlandish),
Pen and two colors of light brown ink, over remains of black chalk, on vellum (2001.190) |
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Hours of Jeanne d'Évreux, ca. 13241328, Jean Pucelle (French), Made in Paris, Grisaille and tempera on vellum (54.1.2) |
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Incipit Page to the Gospel of John, 13001310, From a gospel book attributed to the illuminator Sargis; scribe unknown, Armenian; Probably from Siwnik, Noravank, Vellum, pigments, and gold (38.171.2) |
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Jesus Entering the Temple in a Letter D, ca. 1408–11,
From a gradual created for the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence,
Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine),
Italian (Florence),
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint, on vellum (1999.391) |
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Last Judgment, from a Book of Hours, ca. 1400, French; Paris, Tempera and gold on vellum (1998.179) |
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Leaf from a Quran manuscript, late 9th10th century, Possibly Syria, Ink, gold, and colors on vellum (30.45) |
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Manuscript Leaf from a Psalter: Agony in the Garden and Betrayal of Christ, ca. 1270, English, Vellum, tempera, ink, metal leaf (22.24.4) |
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Manuscript of the Apocalypse, 1320s, Normandy, Paint, gold, silver, and brown ink on vellum (68.174) |
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Margaret More (15051544), Wife of William Roper, 153536, Hans Holbein the Younger (German), Vellum laid on playing card (50.69.2) |
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Page from an Illuminated Gospel, late 14th century,
Ethiopia, Highland region,
Parchment (vellum), wood (accacia), tempera, ink (1998.66) |
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Peter of Poitiers' Genealogy of Christ, ca. 1230,
English,
Ink on vellum (2002.433) |
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Portrait of a Woman, 1597, Nicholas Hilliard (British), Vellum (35.89.2) |
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Portrait of a Young Man, Probably Robert Devereux (15661601), Second Earl of Essex, 1588, Nicholas Hilliard (British), Vellum laid on card (35.89.4) |
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Psalter and Hours of Bonne de Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy, before 1349, Probably Jean Le Noir, his daughter Bourgot, and his workshop, French (Paris), Tempera, grisaille, ink, and gold leaf on vellum (69.86) |
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Saint John the Baptist, Master of James IV of Scotland, Ink and tempera on vellum (48.149.16) |
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Still Life with Flowers, a Snail, and Insects, 1589,
Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish),
Watercolor, gouache, and shell gold on vellum (2008.110) |
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Two Leaves from a Book of Hours, Representing the Annunciation, 1465, Master of Charles of France, French (Bourges), Tempera and gold leaf on vellum (58.71a,b) |
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Thematic Essays (7)
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