Leaf from Book of Hours

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 1300–1400
Holding institution: Walters Art Museum
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #4E4827 · 32%

Lampblack · Black family · #0B080E · 17%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #6D6338 · 11%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #807548 · 8%

Pine Needle · Green family · #3C533C · 7%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #988A51 · 7%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #292B1D · 6%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #64452E · 4%

Blue Spruce Cloth · Teal family · #2D4645 · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #896621 · 2%

Beeswax Light · Yellow family · #E1BF60 · 1%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5F382C · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #130E0C · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9D4217 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #2A3C4D · <1%

Press Black · Black family · #0E1116 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #183858 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #666775 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Walters Art Museum

10 tags

Deities and Holy Figures Visual · 94%

A prominent frontal, haloed, bearded figure appears at the center, with another haloed figure and additional winged figures elsewhere on the page.
Animals Visual · 98%

Several clearly depicted birds occupy the upper half of the composition, alongside larger winged animal or hybrid forms at the sides.
Flora Visual · 99%

Stylized green leaves, curling stems, and vegetal forms fill the upper and middle portions of the pictorial field.

Medieval Art Metadata · 99%

The canonical record identifies the object as a leaf from a Book of Hours dated 1300–1400 and classifies it as manuscript or decorative art.

Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Figures, birds, foliage, scrolls, borders, and the central frame occupy most of the pictorial field, producing a tightly packed arrangement.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%

The page is extensively embellished with a gilded ground, multicolored borders, patterned passages, vegetal ornament, and numerous depicted figures and animals.

Manuscript Metadata · 99%

The canonical title identifies the object as a leaf from a Book of Hours, and the classification is manuscript or decorative art.
Gold Leaf and Gilding Visual · 97%

A textured gold ground and extensive gold highlights are visibly integrated into the illumination.

1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%

The canonical date is 1300–1400, placing the work within the catalog's 1000–1400 CE period.

Christian Art and Architecture Both · 96%

The title identifies a Book of Hours, and the image visibly presents haloed sacred figures and devotional imagery.

Anonymous (England)Unknown author. Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork

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