The Bedford Master of Hours , also the Bedford Master, or the Master of the Duke of Bedford, is a miniaturist who worked in Paris in the first half of the fifteenth century .
The anonymous artist is named after the customer of two of his works by John Lancaster , Duke of Bedford, for whom he performed between 1423 and 1435 "The Salisbury Breviary " ( National Library of France , Paris) and The Husband of the Duke of Bedford ( British Library , London, inv. No. MS. 18850).
At the first stage, in 1405–1415, he probably worked in conjunction with the Master Book of Hours of Busiko and the : Breviary (Municipal Library, Chateauroux , France), as well as Livre des Merveilles [1] and Livre du roi Modus ( The National Library, Paris) is associated with the names of these artists.
Later, the Bedford Master worked in a Paris workshop that played a decisive role in the second quarter of the 15th century, especially in the formation of the Franco-Flemish generation artists Jean Fouquet and Robert Kampen . Bedford's masterpiece is also attributed to the Sobessa Book of Hours ( Windsor Castle ), The Book of Hours (c. 1423, Austrian National Library , Vienna), the French Bible from the National Library of France, and finally the Book of Isabel of Breton ( , Lisbon ).
Notes
- ↑ This book is also recently attributed to the master Mazarine: "The Art of Charles VI" Ce livre est aussi attribute depuis peu au Maître de la Mazarine: "Les arts sous Charles VI", dans Dossier de l'art (Hors série de L'objet d ' art), no 107, avril 2004, pp. 45 et 49.
Literature
- Spencer EP The Master of the Duke of Bedford: The Bedford Hours // Burlington Magazine. - 1965. - T. 107 . P. 495-502.
- Spencer EP The Master of the Duke of Bedford: The Salisbury Breviary // Burlington Magazine. - 1966. - T. 108 . - P. 607-612.