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Master of Girart de Roussillon

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Illustration from the "Roman de Girart de Roussillon", 1450s. Austrian National Library, Vienna

The Master of Girart de Roussillon is an anonymous Burgundian illuminator whose fine illustrated manuscripts date between 1440 and 1465. During this period he worked for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; Philip I of Croÿ, Governor of Luxembourg, and others. He decorated numerous surviving works, including the Roman de Girart de Roussillon from which his name is taken.[1]

Illustrated manuscripts

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References

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  1. ^ de Fatima Bosch, 16
  2. ^ La scène de dédicasse est partiellement copiée de celle des Chroniques de Hainaut réalisée par Rogier van der Weyden
  3. ^ F. Lyna, Les principaux manuscrits à peintures de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, III, éd. C. Pantens, Bruxelles, 1989, n° 286.

Sources

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  • de Fatima Bosch, Lynette María. Art, Liturgy, and Legend in Renaissance Toledo: The Mendoza and the Inglesia Primada. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-271-01968-9