Paul de Limbourg

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The illustration for January from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry

The illustration for March from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

The illustration for April from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry

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.

The illustration for June from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

The illustration for July from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

The illustration for August from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

The illustration for September from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

Paul de Limbourg

Flemish artist

Also known as: Pol de Limburg

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Limbourg brothers
February? 1416), Paul (Pol) (b. c. 1386/87, Nijmegen—d. February? 1416), and Jean (Johan) (b. c. 1388, Nijmegen—d. February? 1416) were among the first illuminators to render specific landscape scenes (such as the environs and appearance of their patron’s castles) with great accuracy and sensitivity. Together they synthesized…
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February? 1416), Paul (Pol) (b. c. 1386/87, Nijmegen—d. February? 1416), and Jean (Johan) (b. c. 1388, Nijmegen—d. February? 1416) were among the first illuminators to render specific landscape scenes (such as the environs and appearance of their patron’s castles) with great accuracy and sensitivity. Together they synthesized…
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Western painting
International Gothic
…who enjoyed his patronage were Pol de Limburg and Pol’s two brothers. Their illuminations are frequently reminiscent of contemporary Italian painting. The largest and most sumptuous work, Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (left unfinished in 1416), includes calendar pictures representing each month in terms of the seasonal…
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…who enjoyed his patronage were Pol de Limburg and Pol’s two brothers. Their illuminations are frequently reminiscent of contemporary Italian painting. The largest and most sumptuous work, Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (left unfinished in 1416), includes calendar pictures representing each month in terms of the seasonal…
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