The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry
Object type: Book of Hours; Manuscript
Department: The Cloisters
Culture: French
Artist: The Limbourg Brothers
Artist bio: Franco-Netherlandish, active France, by 1399–1416
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Franco-Netherlandish
Date: 1405–1408/1409
Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on vellum
Dimensions: Single leaf, Overall: 9 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (23.8 x 17 cm); Double leaf, Overall: 9 3/8 x 13 7/16 in. (23.8 x 34.1 cm)
Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations
Geography: Made in Paris   France  
Credit line: The Cloisters Collection, 1954
Accession year: 1954
Tags: Angels|Virgin Mary|Annunciation|Crucifixion|Agony in the Garden|Adoration of the Magi|Assumption of the Virgin|Christ