ENGLISH

A Masterpiece Reconstructed The Hours of Louis XII

By Mark Evans , Nancy Turner , Thomas Kren , Janet Backhouse

Book information

Publisher
J. Paul Getty
Year
2005
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13335824 bytes)
Pages
\114
Time added
2016-09-17 00:42:35

Description

Jean Bourdichon was the court painter to four successive French kings including Louis XII and his predecessor, Charles VIII. Bourdichon painted the Hours of Louis XII for the king of France around the time of Louis’s coronation in 1498. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, October 18, 2005, to January 8, 2006, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum, February 2 to May 1, 2006, A Masterpiece Reconstructed reproduces the book’s sixteen known miniatures together with a selection of other books illuminated by the artist, by his teacher Jean Fouquet, and by their contemporaries.

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