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The Nativity
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Jean BourdichonFrench Illuminator · 1457–1521
All works by this person →Over the course of a career that lasted nearly forty years, Jean Bourdichon served as official court painter to four successive French kings: Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, and François I. As court painter, he designed stained glass windows, coins, and gold plate, illuminated manuscripts, and executed independent paintings. Charles VIII set up a workshop for him in his castle at Plessis-lès-To
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- about 1480–1490
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
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