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 :. | venus at vulcan s forge | Birth of the Virgin | Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: Avril (April) tg | Les trs riches heures du Duc de Berry: Novembre (November) dg | Peasant Interior |
Related Artists:
Abraham Diepraam
1622-1670 Dutch Abraham Diepraam Location
Joseph Mallord William Truner
born: London, England; 23 April 1775 died: London, England; 19 December 1851.
Chigot Eugene
French history painter and marine specialist , 1860-1890