Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux

Hours of Jeanne d'Évreux, around 1324 to 1328, The Met Cloisters, New York. A tiny prayer book, barely four inches tall, made for the queen of France, wife of King Charles IV, and illuminated by Jean Pucelle. Its figures are worked in grisaille, soft shades of gray with only touches of color. On…

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