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Master of Claude de France
(Tours, active c. 1508 to the early 1520s)
Saint Luke (c. 184 x 121 mm.)
France, Tours, c. 1515-20
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The soft lighting, luminous drapery, delicate colors, and fine brushwork confirm the hand of the Master of Claude de France. This exquisite miniature comes from a Book of Hours by the artist, of which just six full-page illuminations are known. Much influenced by Jean Bourdichon, the miniature of Saint Luke is close to one of the same subject in a Prayer Book of Claude de France recently given to the Morgan Library (MS M.1166). Fragments of a previously unknown calendar (also Morgan Library, M.1171) perhaps come from the same Book of Hours, reflecting the artist’s late style. |
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