# The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)

- By: Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546)
- By: The 1520s Hours Workshop (French)
- Date: c. 1530–35
- Medium: ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
- Classification: Manuscript
- Dimensions: Overall: 7.7 x 6.5 cm (3 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
- Culture: France, Paris
- Credit line: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.80)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.80/2001.80_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Unusual in French manuscript painting of the period, fuchsia pinks and bright acid greens characterize the painting’s palette. The figures are set in the foreground of the miniature and enclosed within a "Fontainebleau"-style architectural frame. The 1520s Hours Workshop primarily produced jewel-like luxury books of hours for a wealthy clientele. Evidence points to Paris as the site of the workshop's activity under the direction of the Antwerp-born miniaturist Noël Bellemare (died 1546).