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89: 20: 152: 163:. One of his characteristic techniques was to place religious scenes behind a window, create an illusion of depth, and with the scene in the background intended as the main focus of interest. The two most well known examples of this are the "Virgin and Child" and "Christ nailed to the Cross" miniatures for the Mary of Burgundy book. 143:
During his career he made a number of iconographic and formal innovations, and is today seen as the main innovator in bringing about a new style of Flemish illumination in the 1470s and 1480s. He was highly regarded by wealthy and powerful patrons in his lifetime, and followed by a great number of
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The master's illustrations in the Hours of Mary of Burgundy can be characterised by the use of everyday devotional objects, including books and rosary beads, as well as domestic settings, to frame images of the Virgin and Child, thereby bringing the sacred into domestic, earthly spaces.
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devices in both his miniatures and border decorations. While a relatively small number of works have been attributed to him, the master is seen as one of the chief innovators of late 15th century manuscript illumination.
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He achieved the modeling of figures and objects by building layers of paint in thin but visible strokes, rather than the then convention of
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One of the most talented and innovative artists of his generation, he is known to have been influenced by contemporary
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van Buren, Anne. "The Master of Mary of Burgundy and His Colleagues: The State of Research and Questions of Method".
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Other works attributed to the master include miniatures in the Prayer Book of Charles the Bold (Ms. 37) in the
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He was influenced by advances in oil on canvas panel painting, especially the works and approach of
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The master collaborated with a number of artists of the earlier generation, including
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imitators. A small number of extant drawings are also attributed to him.
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Livre de prière de Charles le Téméraire, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 37.
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and another books of hours, now in Berlin, also for
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Manuscript illuminator from the Southern Netherlands
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Hours of Mary of Burgundy
Flemish
illuminator
Flanders
Ghent
notname
books of hours
Hours of Mary of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy
Hugo van der Goes
trompe-l'œil

panel painters
Justus van Gent
Rogier van der Weyden
Jan van Eyck
J. Paul Getty Museum
Hours of Engelbert of Nassau
Bodleian Library
Oxford

hatching
Lieven van Lathem
Simon Marmion
Nicolas Spierinc


Master of Mary of Burgundy
J. Paul Getty Trust

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