Limbourg brothers Netherlandish, active c. 1400 – 1416
Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, c. 1412–16, completed 1485–89
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Paul, Johan and Herman Limbourg painted this book of hours for Jean, Duke of Berry, brother of Charles V of France, in costly pigments and gold. The brothers and the duke all died in 1416, leaving it unfinished, and Jean Colombe completed it in 1485–89. This page shows the Zodiac Man, a doubled figure whose body parts are each governed by a sign.
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The upper corners carry the duke's arms, gold fleurs-de-lis on blue within a red scalloped border; the lower corners hold interlaced letters. Latin texts link the signs to the four temperaments.
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