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
LIMBOURG brothers Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry g c. 1416
Illumination on vellum
Mus??e Cond??, Chantilly
The medieval Louvre is in the background of the October calendar page (mk05) The medieval Louvre is in the background of the October calendar page of the Tres Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry Painting ID:: 19944
LIMBOURG brothers The medieval Louvre is in the background of the October calendar page (mk05) The medieval Louvre is in the background of the October calendar page of the Tres Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry
The Fall and the Expulsion from Paradise 1415-16
Vellum, 29 x 21 cm Painting ID:: 32375
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