The Hours of Jeanne d’Évreux, ca. 1324–1328Jean Pucelle (French, active in Paris, ca. 1320–34)Made in ParisGrisaille and tempera on vellum @credits This lavishly illustrated prayer book (Book of Hours) was created between 1324 and 1328 for Jeanne d’Évreux, queen of France, by the celebrated Parisian illuminator Jean Pucelle (active ca. 1320–34) and was intended for use by the queen during private prayer throughout the course of the day. Upon her death in 1371, Jeanne d’Évreux left the prayer book to King Charles V. At his death, the book entered the collection of another much lauded bibliophile, his brother Jean, Duke of Berry.

The Hours of Jeanne d’Évreux, ca. 1324–1328
Jean Pucelle (French, active in Paris, ca. 1320–34)
Made in Paris
Grisaille and tempera on vellum

@credits

This lavishly illustrated prayer book (Book of Hours) was created between 1324 and 1328 for Jeanne d’Évreux, queen of France, by the celebrated Parisian illuminator Jean Pucelle (active ca. 1320–34) and was intended for use by the queen during private prayer throughout the course of the day. Upon her death in 1371, Jeanne d’Évreux left the prayer book to King Charles V. At his death, the book entered the collection of another much lauded bibliophile, his brother Jean, Duke of Berry.

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