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Master of the Cardinal of Bourbon (designer) (Paris, fl. c. 1480-95);
Master of Robert Gaguin (illuminator) (Paris, fl. 1485-95)
Posidonius of Apameia, Astronomer, hand-colored woodcut on parchment (71 x 79 mm.),
from the Mer des hystoires
France, Paris, likely 1488-1489 |
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This cutting comes from the first edition of the Mer des hystoires , which is a universal chronicle published in Paris by Pierre le Rouge in 1488-1489 and considered one of the most elegant illustrated books of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Copies were often hand-colored and printed on vellum, made to order for wealthy patrons and bibliophiles. The artist who designed the woodcuts is the Master of the Cardinal of Bourbon, and the painter is most likely the Master of Robert Gaguin. Both are Parisian artists, illuminators and designers of woodcuts, closely associated with the book trade and responsible for many luxury manuscripts and luxury editions around 1500. |
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