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LIMBOURG brothers
Flemish painters (b. 1370-80, Nijmegen, d.
1416, Nijmegen).
family of Franco-Flemish manuscript illuminators. The Limbourg brothers, Pol, Jan, and Herman, were trained as goldsmiths. They succeeded Jacquemart de Hesdin in 1411 as court painters to Jean, duc de Berry. Their masterpiece is the magnificent book of hours known as the Tr??s Riches Heures (c.1415; Mus??e Cond??, Chantilly). This is filled with exquisite illustrations of the daily life of the aristocracy and peasantry, including a series of calendar illuminations that are considered the finest extant examples of the International Gothic style
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Painting ID:: 7901
Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: Janvier (January) f
1412-16
Illumination on vellum, 22,5 x 13,6 cm
Muse Cond, Chantilly
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Painting ID:: 7902
Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: January (detail sg
1412-16
Illumination on vellum
Muse Cond, Chantilly
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Painting ID:: 7903
Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: Fevrier (February) sef
1412-16
Illumination on vellum, 22,5 x 13,6 cm
Muse Cond, Chantilly
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Painting ID:: 7904
Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: Fevrier (February), detail g
1412-16
Illumination on parchment
Muse Cond, Chantilly
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Painting ID:: 7905
Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: Mars (March) wf
1412-16
Illumination on vellum, 22,5 x 13,6 cm
Muse Cond, Chantilly
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LIMBOURG brothers
Flemish painters (b. 1370-80, Nijmegen, d.
1416, Nijmegen).
family of Franco-Flemish manuscript illuminators. The Limbourg brothers, Pol, Jan, and Herman, were trained as goldsmiths. They succeeded Jacquemart de Hesdin in 1411 as court painters to Jean, duc de Berry. Their masterpiece is the magnificent book of hours known as the Tr??s Riches Heures (c.1415; Mus??e Cond??, Chantilly). This is filled with exquisite illustrations of the daily life of the aristocracy and peasantry, including a series of calendar illuminations that are considered the finest extant examples of the International Gothic style
. Related Artists to LIMBOURG brothers: | Thomas Blanchet | Claes Dircksz.van er heck | Hans Holbein | Pehr Horberg | August Jernberg |
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