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"Jean Bourdichon was the court painter to four successive French kings including Louis XII and his predecessor, Charles VIII. Bourdichon painted the Hours of Louis XII for the king of France around the time of Louis' coronation in 1498. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, October 18, 2005, to January 8, 2006, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum, February 2 to May 1, 2006, A Masterpiece Reconstructed reproduces the book's sixteen known miniatures together with a selection of other books illuminated by the artist, by his teacher Jean Fouquet, and by their contemporaries." Janet Backhouse, who originally assembled the evidence that revealed this long-forgotten masterpiece, introduces the Hours of Louis XII and its cycle of miniatures. Thomas Kren discusses the book's provocative miniature of Bathsheba bathing within the context of the king's own taste and predilections and within the then-emerging genre of the female nude in French painting. Nancy Turner considers the importance of Bourdichon's painting and illuminating technique in the Hours of Louis XII in relation to his other work. Mark Evans examines the individual histories of each of the surviving portions of the book. Lastly, an appendix reconstructs the book's devotional contents and program of illumination.
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Thomas Kren is curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum; in 2004 he was awarded the Eric Mitchell Prize in 2004 for the exhibition catalogue Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe. Mark Evans is senior curator of painting at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The late Janet Backhouse was curator of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library. Nancy Turner is associate conservator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 280 x 195 mm. xiv, 98 pp. Issued in conjunction with the exhibition. With essays by Janey Backhouse, Thomas Kren, Nancy Turner and Mark Evans. Beautifully illustrated, mainly in colour. Book. Seller Inventory # 78507
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. 4to (27.5 cm), XIV, 98 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. "The Hours of Louis XII is the stunning prayer book that Jean Bourdichon painted for the king of France, mostly likely on the occasion of his coronation in 1498. Bourdichon was the court painter to four successive French kings, including Louis and his predecessor, Charles VIII. The manuscript was originally illuminated with twelve large calendar miniatures and two dozen full-page miniatures, but by the seventeenth century the Hours of Louis XII had been dismembered so that the large miniatures could be enjoyed separately as individual paintings. In recent years sixteen of these images have been located, including the portrait of the king that served as the book's frontispiece. This catalogue, which accompanies an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, to be held October 18, 2005-January 8, 2006, publishes the paintings together for the first time, along with a selection of other books illuminated by the artist, by his teacher Jean Fouquet, and by their contemporaries." (from the blurb). Seller Inventory # 008380
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