kren thomas janet backhouse mark (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. 4to (27.5 cm), XIV, 98 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. "The Hours of Louis XII is the stunning prayer book that Jean Bourdichon painted for the king of France, mostly likely on the occasion of his coronation in 1498. Bourdichon was the court painter to four successive French kings, including Louis and his predecessor, Charles VIII. The manuscript was originally illuminated with twelve large calendar miniatures and two dozen full-page miniatures, but by the seventeenth century the Hours of Louis XII had been dismembered so that the large miniatures could be enjoyed separately as individual paintings. In recent years sixteen of these images have been located, including the portrait of the king that served as the book's frontispiece. This catalogue, which accompanies an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, to be held October 18, 2005-January 8, 2006, publishes the paintings together for the first time, along with a selection of other books illuminated by the artist, by his teacher Jean Fouquet, and by their contemporaries." (from the blurb).

Paperback. Pb, faded. Getty Mus/BL exhibition catalogue.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 107 pages. 11.00x7.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.