Flemish painters (b. 1370-80, Nijmegen, d. 1416, Nijmegen). family of Franco-Flemish manuscript illuminators. The Limbourg brothers, Pol, Jan, and Herman, were trained as goldsmiths. They succeeded Jacquemart de Hesdin in 1411 as court painters to Jean, duc de Berry. Their masterpiece is the magnificent book of hours known as the Tr??s Riches Heures (c.1415; Mus??e Cond??, Chantilly). This is filled with exquisite illustrations of the daily life of the aristocracy and peasantry, including a series of calendar illuminations that are considered the finest extant examples of the International Gothic style   Related Paintings of LIMBOURG brothers :. | Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: Octobre (October) | Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: December (detail) dg | The Peasant meal | Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry | Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: Fevrier (February) sef |
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Mariia Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva
impression artist F: J 1858 Nov 12 (wrongly 1860 Nov 23) - 1884 Oct 31
Joseph Nitschner
Description painter Date of birth 1805(1805) Location of birth/death Eggenburg Vienna
Orcagna
b Florence c 1320 d Florence 1368