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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds

Guillaume VrelantLinkedCulture matchlcp-0a25a877fc8a

Date: c. 1470–1480
Medium: tempera, liquid gold, and grisaille on vellum
Culture: Flanders, Bruges
Department: Medieval Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 131362

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Guillaume Vrelant, born in Utrecht, was known to be in Bruges from 1454 onward where he died around 1481. He probably went there to sidestep a 1427 law which banned the sale of Utrecht images. A painter very much in vogue, he founded the Illuminators’ Guild in Bruges under the patronage of Saint John the Evangelist. He is known to have provided manuscripts to the Burgundian court.

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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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