Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546) · c. 1530–35

ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The seven penitential psalms were recited to ask for forgiveness; they coincide with the seven deadly sins.

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