Jean Le Tavernier: A previously unpublished new book of hours

Authors
Avril, F
Citation
F. Avril, Jean Le Tavernier: A previously unpublished new book of hours, REV ART, (126), 1999, pp. 9-22
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Arts & Architecture
Journal title
REVUE DE L ART
ISSN journal
00351326 → ACNP
Issue
126
Year of publication
1999
Pages
9 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1326(1999):126<9:JLTAPU>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
An unpublished book of hours recently acquired by the Manuscripts Departmen t in the Bibliotheque nationale de France has been identified by the author s as the work of the illuminator Jean Le Tavernier. In this article, the au thor reviews what is known about the artist, his distinctive style and its relationship with the painting in Tournai at the time of Robert Campin, and proposes a tentative chronology of his works.