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Likeness, Loyalty, and the Life of the Court Artist: Portraiture in the Calendar Scenes of the Très Riches Heures

Likeness, Loyalty, and the Life of the Court Artist: Portraiture in the Calendar Scenes of the... BRILL QUa!rendo 38 (2008) I42-I74 ~ www.brill.nl/qua Likeness, Loyalty, and the Life of the Court Artist: Portraiture in the Calendar Scenes of the Tres Riches Heures Stephen Perkinson Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USA Introduction: Portraiture in the Tres Riches Heures Painted by the Limbourg Brothers between 1411 and 1416, the calendar minia- tures of the Tres Riches Heures of duke Jean de Berry have entranced both art historians and the broader public with their seeming ability to provide a trans- parent window onto daily life in the late Middle Ages. I Recent scholarship has, of course, gently reminded us that these miniatures depict 'daily life' as seen £rom a particular point of view - that of their aristocratic patron, Jean de Berry.2 Nonetheless, it is easy to be captivated by these meticulously rendered images. The calendar sequence is extraordinary in its format and scale. Whereas the calendars of earlier Books of Hours were either unillustrated or decorated with diminutive images, the Tres Riches Heures devotes entire folios to scenes for each month. But the calendar images are also exceptional in their degree of personalization. A year before he acquired the manuscript in 1856, the Duke d'Aumale had already http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quaerendo Brill

Likeness, Loyalty, and the Life of the Court Artist: Portraiture in the Calendar Scenes of the Très Riches Heures

Perkinson, Stephen
Quaerendo , Volume 38 (2-3): 142 – Jan 1, 2008
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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BRILL QUa!rendo 38 (2008) I42-I74 ~ www.brill.nl/qua Likeness, Loyalty, and the Life of the Court Artist: Portraiture in the Calendar Scenes of the Tres Riches Heures Stephen Perkinson Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USA Introduction: Portraiture in the Tres Riches Heures Painted by the Limbourg Brothers between 1411 and 1416, the calendar minia- tures of the Tres Riches Heures of duke Jean de Berry have entranced both art historians and the broader public with their seeming ability to provide a trans- parent window onto daily life in the late Middle Ages. I Recent scholarship has, of course, gently reminded us that these miniatures depict 'daily life' as seen £rom a particular point of view - that of their aristocratic patron, Jean de Berry.2 Nonetheless, it is easy to be captivated by these meticulously rendered images. The calendar sequence is extraordinary in its format and scale. Whereas the calendars of earlier Books of Hours were either unillustrated or decorated with diminutive images, the Tres Riches Heures devotes entire folios to scenes for each month. But the calendar images are also exceptional in their degree of personalization. A year before he acquired the manuscript in 1856, the Duke d'Aumale had already

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