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Book of Hours (Use of Paris)
Boucicaut Masterc. 1420
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Boucicaut Master takes his name from the book of hours he made for Jean de Boucicaut (died 1421), marshal of France, who was taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. This talented artist, known for his tall, elongated figures with delicate features, exercised profound influence over Parisian manuscript painting during the first decades of the 1400s—a point illustrated by this volume.
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- Title: Book of Hours (Use of Paris)
- Creator: Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410-25)
- Date Created: c. 1420
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Estate of Julia Morgan Marlatt, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Bound Volume
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.169
- Medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Fun Fact: The owner of a book of hours was intended to stop eight times a day and read a devotional text.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: France, Paris, 15th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Julia Morgan Marlatt
- Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
- Accession Number: 1942.169
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