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Period: Feb 23, 1300 to Feb 23, 1550
FRANCE
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Feb 23, 1328
Book of Hours for Queen Jeanne d’Evreux
Jean Pucelle
Betrayal and Arrest of Christ and Annunciation
Book of Hours for Queen Jeanne d’Evreux
Paris, French
1325-28
Grisaille and color on vellum
illuminated manuscript
each page 3-1/ 2" x 2-1/ 4" -
Feb 23, 1339
Reliquary statue of the Virgin and Child
Reliquary statue of the Virgin and Child
c. 1324-1339
Paris, France
Silver gilt and enamel
27-1/8” high
Inscription: donated by Queen Jeanne
d’Evreux, 3rd wife of Charles IV of France,
to the Church of St Denis -
Feb 23, 1350
Ivory Chest With Scenes from Courtly Romances
Ivory Chest With Scenes from Courtly Romances
(Attack On the Castle of Love, Aristotle and
Phyliss,The Fountain of Youth, Capture of the
Unicorn)
Paris, France
c. 1330-1350
Elephant ivory with modern iron mounts
4 ½” x 9” x 11” -
Feb 28, 1395
Altar of the Crucifixion
Altar of the Crucifixion, c. 1395
Above: Jacques de Baerze, sculptor
Painted and gilded wood
Below: Side wings from the Altar with the
Annunciation, Melchior Broederlam, painter
Visitation, Presentation in the Temple, and Flight into
Egypt, 1393-1399
Oil on wood panel, 5'5 ¾ " x 4’ 1¼"
commissioned by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, for
the Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon
Burgundy, Franc -
Feb 28, 1416
Très Riches Heures
Limbourg Brothers
Très Riches Heures (Sumptuous Book of Hours)
for Jean Duke de Berry
January: Duke de Berry at Table
February, Life in the Country
1411-1416
Commissioned by Jean, Duc de Berry
Duchy of Burgundy, France
Illuminated manuscript: Colors and ink on
parchment
11 3/8 x 8 ¼ -
Feb 28, 1451
Jacques Coeur House
Jacques Coeur House
Plan and Interior Courtyard (Court
of Honor)
Commissioned by Jacques Coeur
1443-1451
Bourges, France
Flamboyant Gothic -
Feb 28, 1455
The Melun Diptych
Jean Fouquet
The Melun Diptych:
Left wing: Étienne Chevalier and St. Stephen
Right wing: Virgin and Child
Commissioned by Etienne Chevalier, Treasurer of
France, and installed over the tomb of his wife, in
the Church of Notre-Dame, Melun.
c. 1452-1455
France
Oil on oak panel
each panel about 37 x 33 ½
