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Spinola Hours
The Spinola Hours is a illuminated manuscript book of hours of about 1510-1520, consisting of 312 folios, over 80 of which are mainly decorated with miniature paintings. It was produced between Bruges and Ghent in Flanders around 1510-1520, and is a key work of the Ghent–Bruges school of illuminators. According to Thomas Kren, a former curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the miniatures within the Spinola Hours can be attributed to five distinct sources. Forty-seven of these illuminated pages can be attributed to the 'Master of James IV of Scotland, Master of James IV'. Since 1983 it has been in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, California, Malibu, catalogued as Ms. Ludwig IX 18 (83.ML.114). According to Thomas Kren and his colleagues, five distinct artists worked on the Spinola Hours, which Kren describes as "the most pictorially ambitious and original sixteenth-century Flemish manuscript". The last portion and perhaps the management of the project was by the Master of James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of James IV Of Scotland
__NOTOC__ The Master of James IV of Scotland (''fl.'' ca. 1485 – ca. 1526) was a Flemish manuscript illuminator and painter most likely based in Ghent, or perhaps Bruges. Circumstantial evidence, including several larger panel paintings, indicates that he may be identical with Gerard Horenbout. He was the leading illuminator of the penultimate generation of Flemish illuminators, and the Ghent-Bruges school. The painter's name is derived from a portrait of James IV of Scotland which, together with one of his Queen Margaret Tudor, is in the Prayer book of James IV and Queen Margaret, a book of hours commissioned by James and now in Vienna. He has been called one of the finest illuminators active in Flanders around 1500, and contributed to many lavish and important books besides directing an active studio of his own. Stylistically, the Master's miniatures are distinguished by their collections of robust and unidealized figures, set against colorful landscapes and detaile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
