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FRANCE CH17-19

By AndyCab
  • Period: Feb 23, 1300 to Feb 23, 1550

    FRANCE

  • Feb 23, 1328

    Book of Hours for Queen Jeanne d’Evreux

    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
    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
    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
    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

    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
    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

    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