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Jean Malouel

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  • The illustration for May from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limbourg brothers, 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
    Limbourg brothers

    …were also the nephews of Jean Malouel (Johan Maelwael), court painter to the queen of France (Isabella of Bavaria) and the duke of Burgundy. Not only did their uncle eventually help the brothers gain positions at court, but the family connection caused them sometimes to be identified by the French…

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    …were also the nephews of Jean Malouel (Johan Maelwael), court painter to the queen of France (Isabella of Bavaria) and the duke of Burgundy. Not only did their uncle eventually help the brothers gain positions at court, but the family connection caused them sometimes to be identified by the French…

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