Shepherds on Their Way to the Nativity from a Book of Hours
Catalogue
- Year
- 1489
- Dimensions
- Parchment: 11.7 × 8.2 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Board: 12.5 × 8.8 cm (4 15/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Jean Poyet
Artist
Painting
Jean Poyer, was a French painter and manuscript illuminator of the late 15th century. As a multitalented artist – illuminator, painter, draftsman, and festival designer active from 1483 until his death – he was a painter of Renaissance France, working for the courts of three successive French kings: Louis XI, Charles VIII, and Louis XII.
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Record
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- Jean Poyet
- Year
- 1489
- Dimensions
- Parchment: 11.7 × 8.2 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Board: 12.5 × 8.8 cm (4 15/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1489-082395
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified