German, 1785-1841 Related Paintings of Olivier, Johann Heinrich Ferdinand :. | Detail of The Virgin Adoring the Child with Saint Joseph | The virgin mary | attraktion | Baptism of Christ | The mountain scenery from waterfall | Related Artists:
Mulhaupt, Frederick JohnAmerican, 1871-1938
Henry Perronet BriggsBritish Painter, ca.1791-1844
LIMBOURG brothersFlemish 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