Maître François
(Paris, active c. 1460-1480)
Nativity (288 x 191 mm.) from Jean Chapuis, Sept Articles de la Foi
France, Paris, c. 1470

This is a monumental miniature securely attributed to the Maître François. The original manuscript must have exceptional. Known as Le Trésor or the Sept articles de la foi, it was organized around seven main events in the life of Christ, beginning with the Nativity, illustrated here. Only one other miniature from the parent manuscript is known, the illustration for the seventh event, the Last Judgment, now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Nativity, like the Art Institute of Chicago leaf, has been transformed into a panel painting by being laid down on wood and given an additional border, which has been refreshed.
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