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Jean Colombe ( la, Ioannes Colombus; b.
Jean Colombe ( la, Ioannes Colombus; b. Bourges
Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry.
History
The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, ...
ca. 1430; d. ca. 1493) was a French miniature painter and illuminator of manuscripts. He is best known for his work in ''Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (; en, The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry) or Très Riches Heures, is the most famous and possibly the best surviving example of manuscript illumination in the late phase of the International Goth ...
''. He was a son of Philippe Colombe and his wife Guillemette and thus the brother of the sculptor Michel Colombe
Michel Colombe (c. 1430 – c. 1513) was a French sculptor whose work bridged the late Gothic and Renaissance styles.
Born in Bourges into a family of artisans, he was active in Tours. Colombe's surviving works all date from his old age. He creat ...
.
Work
In 1470–1472, Colombe created the miniatures of the '' Heures de Louis de Laval''; around 1475, he illuminated the crusader chronicles, '' Les Passages d'oultre mer du noble Godefroy de Bouillon, du bon roy Saint Loys et de plusieurs vertueux princes'', by Sébastien Mamerot. Both works had been commissioned byLouis de Laval
Louis de Laval (1411 – 21 August 1489) was a French nobleman, soldier, politician and bibliophile.
Life
A member of the House of Laval, Louis was born in 1411. He was the third son of the Baroness Anne de Laval (1385–1466), Anne de Laval and B ...
. Between 1485 and 1490, Jean Colombe completed the decoration of the ''Très Riches Heures'' which had been left unfinished in 1416. He executed the image for the month of November (below the zodiac
The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The pa ...
arch), completed the Limbourg brothers’ design for September, and retouched other images.
Further reading
*Thierry Delcourt, Fabrice Masanès, Danielle Quéruel (eds.): ''Sebastien Mamerot: Les Passages D'Outremer: A Chronicle of the Crusades'' Taschen 2009 (facsimie edition)External links
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