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Les Belles Heures di Jean de France, duca di Berry

The Limbourg Brothers Franco-Netherlandish
1405–1408/1409
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 02
Les Belles Heures, un libro privato di preghiere, fu il primo di una serie di raffinati manoscritti commissionati ai fratelli Limbourg da Jean de Berry. Questo libro d’ore, forse l’unico libro di preghiere a noi pervenuto dall’eccezionale biblioteca del duca praticamente completo e stilisticamente coerente, presenta novantaquattro miniature a piena pagina e cinquantaquattro a margine che comprendono insoliti cicli figurativi che rispecchiano gli interessi personali del duca. In questa pagina vediamo raffigurato il miracolo di san Nicola che trae in salvo dei naviganti dal mare. Utilizzando una gamma di colori brillanti, gli artisti sono riusciti a fondere le figure arrotondate, tipiche dello stile all’italiana, con una visione minuziosa della natura tipica della pittura settentrionale.

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Object Information
  • Titolo: Les Belles Heures di Jean de France, duca di Berry
  • Artista: Herman, Paul e Jean de Limbourg, Franco-olandesi, attivi in Francia, 1399-1416
  • Data: 1405-1408/1409
  • Area geografica: Parigi
  • Cultura: Francese
  • Materiale e tecnica: Tempera, foglia d'oro, inchiostro su pergamena
  • Dimensioni: Folio 168r: 23,8 x 17 cm
  • Crediti: The Cloisters Collection, 1954
  • Numero d'inventario: 54.1.1a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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