The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France
ca. 1324–28
Medium
Grisaille, tempera, and ink on vellum
Dimensions
single folio: 3 5/8 x 2 7/16 in. (9.2 x 6.2 cm) Overall (with binding): 3 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 1 1/2 in. (9.9 x 7.2 x 3.8 cm)
Classification
Manuscripts and Illuminations
Culture
French
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1954
Accession Number
54.1.2
Tags
About this artwork
This illuminated manuscript represents one of the masterpieces of Gothic art, created by Jean Pucelle for Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France, between 1324 and 1328. The book of hours contains 209 vellum folios with twenty-five full-page paintings pairing scenes from the Infancy and Passion of Christ with episodes from the life of Saint Louis. The miniatures are rendered in delicate grisaille, giving the figures an amazingly sculptural quality, accented with rich colors including touches of lilac a...