COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.54.1.1
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
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Object Type:
Books
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Books
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Creator Name:
Limbourg, Paul de
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Limbourg, Paul de
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Creator Nationality:
European; Netherlandish
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European; Netherlandish
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Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
Franco-Netherlandish, active in France, by 1399-1416
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Franco-Netherlandish, active in France, by 1399-1416
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Creator Name-CRT:
Pol de Limbourg
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Pol de Limbourg
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Creator Name:
Limbourg, Herman de
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Limbourg, Herman de
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Creator Nationality:
European; Netherlandish
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European; Netherlandish
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
active in France, by 1399-1416
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active in France, by 1399-1416
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Herman de Limbourg
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Herman de Limbourg
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Creator Name:
Limbourg, Jean de
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Limbourg, Jean de
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Creator Nationality:
European; Netherlandish
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European; Netherlandish
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
active in France, by 1399-1416
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active in France, by 1399-1416
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Creator Name-CRT:
Jean de Limbourg
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Jean de Limbourg
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Title:
The Belles Heures of Jean of France, Duke of Berry
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The Belles Heures of Jean of France, Duke of Berry
Title
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View:
folio 223v
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folio 223v
View
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Creation Date:
1406-1408 or 1409
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1406-1408 or 1409
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1406
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1406
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Creation End Date:
1409
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1409
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Materials and Techniques:
Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum
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Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum
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Classification Term:
Manuscripts & Illuminations
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Manuscripts & Illuminations
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Dimensions:
9 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (23.8 x 16.8 cm)
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9 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (23.8 x 16.8 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
54.1.1
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54.1.1
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Cloisters Collection, 1954
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The Cloisters Collection, 1954
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
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Context:
Completed by 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, 'The Belles Heures,' a private devotional book, was the first of several sumptuous manuscripts commissioned by the duke of Berry from the Limbourg brothers, Pol, Jean, and Herman. It is perhaps the only virtually complete and stylistically consistent prayer book to survive from the duke's extraordinary library. The richly illustrated text is amplified by unusual cycles reflecting the duke's personal interests. Using a luminous palette, the artists blended an intimate Northern vision of nature with Italianate modes of figural articulation. The keen interest in the natural world and the naturalistic means of representing it, so striking in ninety-four full-page and fifty-four column illuminations, foreshadow the work of Jan van Eyck and the ensuing generations of outstanding fifteenth-century painters in the South Lowlands.
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<P>Completed by 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, 'The Belles Heures,' a private devotional book, was the first of several sumptuous manuscripts commissioned by the duke of Berry from the Limbourg brothers, Pol, Jean, and Herman. It is perhaps the only virtually complete and stylistically consistent prayer book to survive from the duke's extraordinary library. The richly illustrated text is amplified by unusual cycles reflecting the duke's personal interests. Using a luminous palette, the artists blended an intimate Northern vision of nature with Italianate modes of figural articulation. The keen interest in the natural world and the naturalistic means of representing it, so striking in ninety-four full-page and fifty-four column illuminations, foreshadow the work of Jan van Eyck and the ensuing generations of outstanding fifteenth-century painters in the South Lowlands.</P>
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.cl54.1.1.folio223v.R.tif
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