LES HEURES D'ANNE DE BRETAGNE by Bourdichon, J - 1946

George Braziller, New York, first edition, 2000. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. x, 194 pp, 58 colour and 45 black-and-white illustrations. From the blurb: "A product for the royal court of France, the "Hours of Henry VIII," created around 1500 by Jean Poyet, is one of the most splendid Books of Hours to come down to us from this period. This magnificently illustrated lay book of daily devotions and prayers contains fifty-five exquisitely hand-painted images that accompany the calendar, prayers to the Virgin Mary and the saints, extracts from the Bible, and prayers for the dead. They are all reproduced here in color for the first time. The previously little-known Poyet (active ca. 1483-1503) enjoyed the patronage of the courts of three French kings (Louis XI, Charles VIII, and Louis XII). Not only an illuminator of manuscripts of the highest quality, Poyet also created panel paintings, elaborate drawings, and designed theatrical spectacles, all in a style that links Fouquet to Poussin. Author… Read More