The Annunciation; Initial V: The Virgin in Prayer

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The Annunciation; Initial V: The Virgin in Prayer

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Master of the Brussels Initials

Italian Illuminator · 1389–1410

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The Master of the Brussels Initials was an anonymous illuminator who began his career in the late 1300s in a prominent workshop in Bologna. His name comes from the fifteen historiated initials he painted in a book of hours , now in Brussels, commissioned by Jean, duc de Berry. The Master's career developed parallel to the growth of international workshops active in book production in the late Midd

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Date
between about 1389 and 1400
Medium
Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink
Culture
Italian
Department
Manuscripts
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