Special Exhibitions

Treasures of a Lost Art

The Annunciation in an Initial M. Cutting from an Antiphonary. Painted by Maestro Daddesco(?) Italy, Florence, about 1310-15 Tempera and gold on parchment H. 13.6 cm W. 13.4 cm. The Metroplitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. (1975.1.2478) Photograph (c) 1986 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
		February 23 - May 4, 2003 South Galleries (109-112) This exhibition presents to the public for the first time one of the largest and most impressive private collections of Italian manuscript leaves assembled after the First World War (1914-18). Formed by Robert Lehman over the course of three decades, the collection reflects the full range and achievement of manuscript production in Italy from the 13th to the 16th century. The collection contains examples representative of the major schools of Italian illumination in southern Italy, Umbria, Tuscany, Emelia, Lombardy, and the Veneto. The exhibition also includes some of the most prominent Italian illuminators of the era--such as Duccio di Buoninsegna, Stefano da Verona, Cosimo Tura, Neri da Rimini, Belbello da Pavia, and Girolamo da Cremona. All medieval churches and monasteries were required to own essential sets of liturgical manuscripts, often inviting exquisite decoration. Some of the finest examples of this rich, now lost, artistic tradition are displayed in Treasures of a Lost Art. The Art of Manuscript Illumination Highlights of the Exhibition Related Works in the Cleveland Museum of Art Education Programs Planning a Tour Buy the Catalogue Credits