The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers, 1405–1408/1409
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The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers (Franco-Netherlandish, active France, by 1399–1416)

1405–1408/1409

Medium
Tempera, gold, and ink on vellum
Classification
Egyptian Blue-Implements
Dimensions
Single leaf, Overall: 9 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (23.8 x 17 cm); Double leaf, Overall: 9 3/8 x 13 7/16 in. (23.8 x 34.1 cm)
Culture
French
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters
Credit line
The Cloisters Collection, 1954
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art