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Object Details
Title:
The Temperate and the Intemperate
Artist/Maker:
Master of the Dresden Prayer Book (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515)
Culture:
Flemish
Place:
Bruges, Belgium (Place Created)
Date:
about 1475–1480
Medium:
Tempera colors and ink on parchment
Object Number:
Ms. 43, recto
Dimensions:
Leaf: 17.5 × 19.4 cm (6 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Object Description
The Memorable Deeds and Sayings of the Romans, a compilation of stories about ancient customs and heroes written in the first century A.D. by Valerius Maximus, was widely used in the Middle Ages as a textbook for rhetoric. The museum's
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Exhibitions
Canada Collects: European paintings 1860-1960 (January 19 to February 21, 1960)
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal), January 19 to February 21, 1960
Manuscripts and Americans: An Exhibition in Honor of Franklin D. Murphy (July 21 to October 18, 1992)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), July 21 to October 18, 1992
Illuminating the Past: Historical Texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (February 2 to April 11, 1993)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), February 2 to April 11, 1993
Illuminated Secular Manuscripts (January 24 to April 9, 1995)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), January 24 to April 9, 1995
Illuminating the Mind's Eye: Memory and Medieval Book Arts (July 23 to October 6, 1996)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), July 23 to October 6, 1996
Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript illumination (December 16, 1997 to March 22, 1998)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), December 16, 1997 to March 22, 1998
Flemish Illumination of the Late Middle Ages (November 3, 1998 to January 17, 1999)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), November 3, 1998 to January 17, 1999
A Treasury of Fifteenth Century Manuscript Illumination (March 26 to June 16, 2002)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), March 26 to June 16, 2002
Cloistered world, Open books (August 16 to November 17, 2002)
- Grootseminarie (Bruges), August 16 to November 17, 2002
Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe (June 17, 2003 to February 22, 2004)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), June 17 to September 7, 2003
- Royal Academy of Arts (London), November 29, 2003 to February 22, 2004
Shrine and Shroud: Textiles in Illuminated Manuscripts (June 28 to October 2, 2005)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), June 28 to October 2, 2005
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (October 13, 2015 to January 3, 2016)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), October 13, 2015 to January 3, 2016