Willem Vrelant (died c. 1481/1482) was a Dutch book
illuminator
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.
Life
He is first registered in 1449, when an illuminator from Vreeland named ''Willem Backer'' obtained citizenship of Utrecht.
[Thomas Kren, Scot McKendrick, Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, 2003, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, p. 117.] He may have lived in Utrecht for years, as in 1450 he finished there the
Hours of William de Montfort. From 1454 to 1481 he is recorded as a member of the
Bruges
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guild
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of bookmakers. His large and productive workshop produced (among others) a
book of hours
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which is now in
Baltimore
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(1455–60), the
Hours of Isabella of Castille (c.1460), the
Chronicles of Hainaut (1468) and individual miniatures in the
Hours of Mary of Burgundy
The Hours of Mary of Burgundy (german: Stundenbuch der Maria von Burgund)Inglis, I is a book of hours, a form of devotional book for lay-people, completed in Flanders around 1477, and now in the National Library of Austria. It was probably commi ...
(c.1480).
See also
*
Book of Hours of Leonor de la Vega
The Book of Hours of Leonor de la Vega is a codex of illuminated manuscript on vellum by Willem Vrelant. It is in the National Library of Spain (Vitr.24-2). The pages are 19 x 13 centimeters in size.
History
The author, Willem Vrelant of Utrec ...
- work imputed to Vrelant
*
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 Illuminated manuscript, manuscript illumination in the late phase of ...
- famous French book of hours
*
A Man Praying to the Holy
*
Solomon Praying to the Holy Spirit
Bibliography
* Ingo F. Walther, Norbert Wolf: Meisterwerke der Buchmalerei, S. 480. Köln u.a., Taschen 2005,
References
External links
Widener 5 Book of Hours, use of Paris at OPennVrelant, Willem
at the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
.
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Year of birth unknown
1482 deaths
Manuscript illuminators
Early Netherlandish painters
People from Loenen
Artists from Utrecht
Artists from Bruges