Initial S: The Face of Christ

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Initial S: The Face of Christ

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Master of Jean Chevrot

Flemish Illuminator · 1440–1450

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The anonymous illuminator called the Master of Jean Chevrot is named after the patron of a manuscript of Saint Augustine's *The City of God* now in Brussels. Jean Chevrot was bishop of Tournai, advisor to the Burgundian duke Philip the Good, and an art lover who commissioned works from the most noted artists of the day, including Rogier van der Weyden. Distinctive features of the Master of Jean Ch

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Date
1450s
Medium
Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink
Culture
Flemish
Department
Manuscripts
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