Leaf from a Book of Hours: Coronation of the Virgin
Guillaume Vrelant (Flemish, c. 1454–1481)
c. 1470–1480
Medium
tempera, liquid gold, and grisaille on vellum
Dimensions
10.3 × 7.6 cm
Classification
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1954.140.2
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.