# Annunciation to the Shepherds: Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 6 Excised Leaves)

- By: Henri d'Orquevaulx (French)
- By: Workshop
- Date: c. 1420–30
- Medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Classification: Manuscript
- Dimensions: Each leaf: 16.1 x 12.4 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
- Culture: France, Metz
- Credit line: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.128)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1999.128/1999.128_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This leaf survives from what must have been an extraordinarily rich book of hours. The elaborate Passion cycle and Suffrages point to an important patron. Internal evidence within the original calendar and texts indicates that Metz was the probable place of production. Stylistically, the illuminations appear to come from the workshop of Henri d’Orquevaulx, a documented Metz manuscript painter. Compositionally, structurally, and stylistically, the miniatures suggest strong links to Netherlandish illumination. It is not known whether d’Orquevaulx came originally from the Netherlands or whether he simply worked or trained there at some point in his career.