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Las Bellas Horas de Jean de Francia, duque de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers Franco-Netherlandish
1405–1408/1409
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 02
Las Bellas Horas (en francés Belles Heures), un libro para las devociones privadas, es el primero de varios manuscritos suntuosos comisionados a los hermanos Limbourg por Jean de Berry. Es el único libro de oraciones procedente de la extraordinaria biblioteca ducal que está completo y realizado en un estilo uniforme. Las noventa y cuatro iluminaciones a toda página, y cincuenta y cuatro a una columna, incluyen ciclos poco comunes que reflejan los intereses del duque. En esta escena, San Nicolás salva milagrosamente a unos viajeros que zozobran en el mar. Con una luminosa paleta, los artistas pintan figuras volumétricas italianizantes, combinándolas con una detallada visión de la naturaleza al estilo neerlandés.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Las Bellas Horas de Jean de Francia, duque de Berry
  • Artista: Herman, Paul, y Jean de Limbourg, franco-neerlandeses, activos en Francia en 1399–1416
  • Fecha: 1405–1408/1409
  • Geografía: Francia, París
  • Cultura: Francia
  • Material: Temple, pan de oro, tinta sobre pergamino
  • Dimensiones: Folio 168r: 23,8 x 17 cm
  • Crédito: Colección de Los Claustros, 1954
  • Número de inventario: 54.1.1a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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