ID: 700008204 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008204	Record Type: Movable Work
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Miniature from The Miracles of Our Lady (miniature (painting); illuminator: Lieven van Lathem (Netherlandish, active 1454, ...; ca. 1460; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2009.41)

Note: 1 leaf, 1 miniature; This miniature originally appeared in a manuscript created for Philip the Good, the duke of Burgundy that consisted of a compilation of accounts of the miracles of the Virgin Mary. The miniature is painted entirely in grey tones, a technique called grisaille, popular in the later Middle Ages. Despite the lack of color, the illuminator, Lieven van Lathem, vividly evokes the buildings and cobblestone streets of a prosperous Netherlands town such as Ghent where van Lathem, the court painter of Philip the Good, resided. The witty scene illustrates a noblewoman's endeavor to deal with her husband's Christian mistress. In the chapel at right, the wife of the adulterous knight prays for the Virgin Mary to avenge her by punishing the mistress. However, Mary refuses the request on account of the adulteress's deep devotion to her. Subsequently when wife and mistress encounter one another in the street the mistress is so embarrassed--she falls to her knees--she promises to give up the husband. Meanwhile the wayward husband cowers behind the chapel.

Titles:

Miniature from The Miracles of Our Lady (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Miracle of the Adulterous Woman's Repentance (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Adulterous Woman (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Miniature from Miracles of Our Lady (C,U,English,U,U)

Les Miracles de Nostre Dame of Philip the Good (C,U,GP,undetermined,U,U)

Ms. 103 (C,U,MD,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

miniature (painting) [300033936] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>)

detached leaf [300379890]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1460

Creator Display:

illuminator: Lieven van Lathem (Netherlandish, active 1454, died before 1493); author: Jean Miélot (French, died 1472) [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator Lathem, Lieven van (Netherlandish illuminator, active 1454, died before 1493) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500116690]

author Miélot, Jean (French scribe, illuminator, died 1472.) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500053493]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2009.41

Other: Creation: Gent [7007887] East Flanders (province), Flanders (region (administrative division)), Belgium (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors and gold paint on parchment; grisaille

	grisaille [300053386]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques for special effects>)

	grisaille [300053386]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques for special effects>)

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gilt paint [300343596]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 13.2 x 17.8 cm (5 3/16 x 7 in.)

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

didactic and propaganda

Specific Subjects:

	Mary, Blessed Virgin [901000032]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	miracle [300251615]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities)) (AAT)

	adultery [300386062]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: The miniature has a line of text at the top: "jours de puis en grant reverance" and another above it, now trimmed and illegible, and along the lower edge, a rubric partially trimmed but mostly legible: "Dune femme qui se mess...avecq..." There is also text from Les Miracles de Nostre Dame on the back.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Vie et miracles de Notre Dame, en prose française

Sources and Contributors:
Miniature from The Miracles of Our Lady	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Miracle of the Adulterous Woman's Repentance	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Adulterous Woman	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Miniature from Miracles of Our Lady	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Les Miracles de Nostre Dame of Philip the Good	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Ms. 103	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	..... Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-) accessed 20 February 2014