Replacing the slaughter of a pig traditional to Christmas iconography with the climax of a #boarhunt, the keep and towers of the #ChâteaudeVincennes, completed under Charles V (and the birthplace of the #DucdeBerry. #LimbourgBrothers #BarthélemydEyck
For #SEPTEMBER
Harvest!
Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry
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illuminated manuscript codex
#LimbourgBrothers (et al.)
Commissioned by Jean, #DucDeBerry
Musée Condé di Chantilly
1412-1416 (& 1485-1489)
Five figures pick grapes while a man and a woman, ➡️
For #AUGUST
Falconry!
Août
Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry
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illuminated manuscript codex
#LimbourgBrothers (et al.)
Commissioned by Jean, #DucDeBerry
Musée Condé di Chantilly
1412-1416 (& 1485-1489)
The conventional scene for August, of threshing, is relegated to the ➡️
The brothers Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg (ca.1380-1416)
"Satan Torturing Souls and Being Tortured Himself in Hell" from "Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry", ca. 1411-1416
#illumination #satan #TheLimbourgbrothers #Limbourgbrothers #Limbourg #painting #gothic
