Choral Leaf Fragment: Text with Musical Notation

early 15th century

Lorenzo Monaco Italian, 1370-1427

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Title Choral Leaf Fragment: Text with Musical Notation

Artwork Date early 15th century

Artist Lorenzo Monaco

Life Dates 1370-1427

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Ink, tempera and gold leaf on parchment

Dimensions Sheet: 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (24.1 × 24.1 cm)

Classification Manuscripts

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Dr. William R. Valentiner

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 37.133.B

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before 1405, Santa Maria Nuova (Florence, Italy). Dr. William R. Valentiner (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1937-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Ciaranfi, A.M. "Lorenzo Monaco Miniatore." L'Arte: Rivista Bimestrale di Storia dell'Arte Medievale e Moderna 35, 4 (July 1932): pp. 285-317, esp. pp. 315-16 (fig. 13) (attributed to Tendenza dell'Angelico, 1409).

D'Ancona, M. Levi.The Illuminators and Illuminations of the Choir Books from Santa Maria degli Angeli and Santa Maria Nova and Their Documents. Florence, 1994, pp. 110, 142.

D'Ancona, M. Levi. "Matteo Torelli." Commentari: Rivista di Critica e Storia dell'Arte, vol. 9. (October-December 1958): pp. 244-258, esp. p. 252, note 19, 254; pl. LXXXV, fig. 9 (attributed to Matteo Torelli).

Degenhart, B. and Schmitt, A. Corpus der Italienischen Zeichnungen 1300-1450. Berlin, 1968, vol. 2 (süd und mittelitalienischen), p. 281, fig. 387 (cited).

Kanter, L., et al. Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence 1300-1450. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1994, pp. 288, 291-292 (fig. 114) (entry by L. Kanter, who supports Matteo Torelli attribution).

Richardson, E.P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings, 2nd ed. Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1944, p. 80, no. 621 (ill.). (as Lorenzo Monaco).

Valentiner, W. R. Italian Gothic Painting. Detroit, 1944, pp. 32-34 (fig. 13).

The Waning of the Middle Ages. Exh. cat., Montgomery Art Center. Claremont, CA, 1965, p. 14, no.18 (ill.).

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Lorenzo Monaco , and workshop, Choral Leaf Fragment: Text with Musical Notation, early 15th century, ink, tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. William R. Valentiner, 37.133.B.