#limbourg

[artschoolglasses]

June, from the Tres Riches Heures, Limbourg Brothers, 1411-16

[nachtmijmers]

[conatic]

https://www.sudinfo.be/id690418/article/2023-07-25/expulsee-nicole-de-limbourg-craint-de-retourner-vivre-dans-son-aixam-faute-de

Source: Sudinfo.be

Situation dramatique

[thecrankyprofessor]

Tres Riches Heures of Jean duc de Berry. Calendar: December - a boar hunt - Chateau de Vincennes in the background.

[goetiae]

Folio 108r - Hell

This piece of Medieval Gothic art was created by the Limbourg Brothers - Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg (active in France by 1399, died by 1416). It depicts Lucifer in hell, torturing the souls and being tortured himself.

The Devil is shown to be laying on top of a large grill and throwing souls of the deceased into the air with the might of his burning breath. Two demons are on the sides, blowing air under the grill to keep the flames burning. Others inflict harm on mortal souls, including that of a monk still wearing his vestments.

[asphyxiating-endless-darkness]

Satan Torturing Souls and Being Tortured Himself in Hell

The Limbourg Brothers, c.1411

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Limbourg Brothers, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: fol. 8v, August (Falconry with the Château d'Étampes in the background), ca. 1412-1416, watercolor and pigment on vellum (Musée Conde, Chantilly)

[jt1674]

[dadsinsuits]

Peter Limbourg

[themuseumwithoutwalls]

MWW Artwork of the Day (3/9/23) Limbourg Brothers (Dutch, fl. 1385–1416) Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: Mars (c. 1412-16) Tempera on vellum, 29.4 x 21 cm. Musée Condé, Chantilly

March: Sowing the field. In the background is the Château de Lusignan, a residence of Jean de Berry. This miniature, like the representations of the other eleven months, occupies a whole page of the Book of Hours, while the text referring to it is on the right-hand page, opposite it. The lack of border decoration conforms with the original intention of the painters. In addition to the signs of the zodiac and the figure of Apollo holding the flaming sun the semicircle at the top provides detailed astronomical information for every day of the month of March. It shows, for example, the positions of the moon, the times of sunrise and sunset, etc. These precise scientific details are accurately reflected by the painting, which shows the agricultural labours of the months and evokes the light of March sun and frequent March showers (see in the left upper corner the sheep, the shepherd and the dog running for shelter before the rain). The textures of the gently sloping ground differ according to whether they show unbroken grassy field, freshly ploughed furrows, pasture for sheep or dusty roads.

[tickldpnk8]

A lil bit of fan art

Reading @qqueenofhades’ The Unknown and Static Strange has overtaken my brain lately. So I just had to do my own tiny take on the illuminations she described. And it is pretty tiny: only 2x3”.

Image ID: Morpheus sits on a blue throne with his ruby around his neck and a raven on his shoulder against a field of blue lapis lazuli. He’s framed by a red border and “gold leaf” with gilt knot work interwoven with poppies. The illumination is labeled “Regis Somnorum” in blue gothic miniscules and gold/blue drop caps.

I tried to take as much inspiration from the Limbourg Brothers who are known for their sumptuous blues in their Book of Hours as I could. Lapis Lazuli was one of the most expensive pigments (if not the most). So despite red/black being Morpheus’ “thing”, I think they would have denoted his royalty with lots of blue. Poppies of course for the symbolism.

Overall, lots of fun to work in miniature after seeing some miniature illuminations at the art museum recently. If I could paint it again, I’d plan out the calligraphy better before painting to give enough space to have it all on one line.

Now, go read this amazing and suspenseful story!!

[artschoolglasses]

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, Folio 221r, detail, Mass for All Souls, The Limbourg Brothers, 1405-08/09

From the Met Museum

[hisinfernalmajesty666]

The Garden of Eden c.1416 by the Limbourg Brothers.

📍Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul and Johan) were famous Dutch miniature painters. They were active in early 15th century France and Burgundy and worked in the International Gothic style. They came from an artistic family and their uncle was a painter for the Duke of Burgundy. When the Duke died in 1404, the future was uncertain for the brothers until the Duke of Berry took them on. It is believed that all three brothers died in a wave of the plague that hit Europe in 1416. The brothers' legacy was lost in time until the mid 19th century when the Duke of Amale purchased the 'Trés Riches Heures' in 1856.

International Gothic is a period of Gothic art that began in Burgundy, France, and Northern Italy in the late 14th and early 15th century. Initially, it was a style of courtly sophistication, but more robust versions spread to art commissioned by the emerging mercantile classes and lesser nobility. Natural forms are smoothed away, leaving behind realism, reflecting the pageantry of courtly life. Artists and portable works, such as illuminated manuscripts, travelled around Europe and were stimulated by the growing rivalry of the European royal courts.

The miniature, from Trés Riches Heures depicts the fall and expulsion from Paradise. In the centre stands an ornate Late Gothic edifice of the Fountain of Life. On the left we see the temptation; Satan, with the lower half of a serpent, tempts Eve, handing apples over to her, who, in turn is seen handing one of the apples over to Adam. God reproaches them in the centre of the scene, the ray of his halo emphasises his words while counting the sins on his hands. Adam points at Eve, who hides her sinful hand behind her back. In the last scene on the right a fiery angel ushers them out of Paradise as they look back through the gate.

[tawneybel]

Mood.

guy sitting by a fire

in a manuscript of jean de wavrin's "anciennes chroniques d'angleterre", flanders, c. 1470-90

source: Paris, BnF, Français 75, fol. 198r

[conatic]

Un mineur dans un état critique après un accident de la route à Genk - La DH/Les Sports+

Source: dhnet.be

[infiniteartmachine]

a painting of two women sitting at a table in a room