Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds (recto), c. 1410-20. Creator: Boethius Illuminator (Flemish, active c. 1414-20).

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds (recto), c. 1410-20. Creator: Boethius Illuminator (Flemish, active c. 1414-20).

2-733-602 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds (recto), c. 1410-20. This finely preserved leaf with its large miniature is stylistically consistent with the work of the Boethius Illuminator. An unusual and very original painter, he was named after a manuscript copy of the works of the Roman philosopher Boethius (AD 480-524), which he illuminated in 1414. The artist favored bright, sweeping colours and expressionistic compositions. He used tessellated (mosaic-patterned) grounds in his miniatures, as is the case here. The Boethius Illuminator and his assistants participated in the illustration of over a dozen manuscripts between 1414 and 1418/20. It was not unusual for artists working in different styles to collaborate on a single book of hours during the 1400s and 1500s


Image Details


Medium
  1. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum

Picture Type
  1. Manuscript

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4275x5834
File Size : 73,068kb


Aliases

  1. 2014.22.a
  1. 171411
  1. 0940026109
  1. 2-733-602
  1. 2014.22.a
  1. 2733602

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