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owned by: Robert Lehman (1) | Yuhanna Dawud (1)

movement: Flemish Primitives (1)

genre: portrait painting (6) | religious art (3) | genre painting (2) | portrait at bust length (2) | mythological painting (2) | landscape art (1) | religious painting (1) | full-length portrait (1)

based on: The Chocolate Girl (1) | Rape of Europa (1) | Pygmalion and Galatea (1)

artist: Limbourg brothers (18) | anonymous (10) | Jean Fouquet (5) | Sultan Muhammad (5) | Barthélemy d'Eyck (3) | Jean Colombe (3) | Louis-François Marteau (2) | Aqa Mirak (2) | Ferdowsi (1) | Rogier van der Weyden (1) | al-Jazari (1) | Paul Joseph Bardou (1) | Abd al-Samad (1) | Robinet Testard (1) | Toros Roslin (1) | Pieter Quast (1) | Gregory of Narek (1) | Mir Sayyid Ali (1)

depicts: man (9) | woman (8) | Jesus Christ (6) | sky (5) | rural area (5) | Virgin Mary (4) | dress (4) | dog (3) | flower (3) | horse (3) | tree (3) | Mary Magdalena (3) | hat (3) | Charles IV (3) | angel (3) | standing (3) | hell (2) | fire (2)

material used: parchment (23) | gold (20) | vellum (20) | ink (17) | paper (11) | tempera (11) | pastel (7) | gouache paint (6) | watercolor paint (4) | silver (1) | chalk stick (1) | pigment (1) | gold leaf (1)

collection: National Library of Wales (34) | Peniarth Manuscripts (34) | Condé Museum (20) | National Museum in Warsaw (11) | Metropolitan Museum of Art (11) | Matenadaran (7) | Bibliothèque nationale de France (5) | Freer Gallery of Art (3) | Princeton University Library (3) | Aga Khan Museum (3) | Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem (2) | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (2) | Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre (2) | British Museum (1) | Louvre Museum (1) | British Library (1) | Israel Museum (1) | Bodleian Library (1)

location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (9) | Condé Museum (9) | museum's storage space (7) | Freer Gallery of Art (2) | Louvre Museum (1) | National Museum in Warsaw (1) | Royal Library of Belgium (1) | Musée Rath (1) | Louvre Palace (1) | Aga Khan Museum (1) | Ayoub Rabenou Gallery of Islamic Art (1)

part of: Vaux Passional (35) | Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (20) | Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (10) | Hours of Étienne Chevalier (3) | Grandes Chroniques de France (Jean Fouquet) (2) | Shahnameh manuscript Met 1970.301 (2) | Chroniques de Hainaut (1) | Grandes Chroniques de France BnF, Ms fr. 2813 (1) | Great Mongol Shahnameh (1) | Shahnameh of Rashida (1) | Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 195 (1) | Princeton Islamic MSS., no. 56G (1) | Shahnameh Princeton Ms. 57 G (1) | Shahnameh manuscript IMJ 571.69, 618.69, 570.69 (1) | Maqamat of al-Hariri IOM S23 (1)

country of origin: France (1) | Romania (1)

exhibition history: Armenia! (9) | Europeana 280 (2) | Jean Fouquet, peintre et enlumineur du XVe siècle (2) | Exposition des primitifs français (2)

main subject: art of sculpture (1) | Jesus among the doctors (1) | Adoration of the Magi (1) | Visitation (1) | Road to Emmaus appearance (1) | Flagellation of Christ (1) | lamentation of Christ (1) | Christ carrying the cross (1) | Raising of Lazarus (1) | Descent from the Cross (1) | Rape of Europa (1) | Pygmalion and Galatea (1) | Pentecost (1) | Mary of Bethany anoints Christ's feet (1)

location of final assembly: India (1) | Qazvin (1)

September

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1440)
September

Jean Wauquelin presenting his 'Chroniques de Hainaut' to Philip the Good

illumination / Presentation miniature
by Rogier van der Weyden (1447)
Philip the Good Jean Wauquelin Chroniques de Hainaut Jean Chevrot Nicolas Rolin Charles the Bold Anthony, bastard of Burgundy Antoine I de Croÿ chaperon baldachin dog

La Purification de la Vierge

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1411s)
Virgin Mary

The Resurrection; Beaufort arms in border

illumination
(1503)

The Crucifixion Longinus pierces Christ’s side

illumination
(1503)
crucifixion of Jesus Jesus Christ

Portrait of Maria Anna Czartoryska, Duchess von Württemberg.

pastel / illumination
by Louis-François Marteau (1780)
Maria Wirtemberska veil

The Garden of Eden

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1411s)
Garden of Eden

Book of Lamentation (ms 1568)

manuscript / illumination
by Gregory of Narek (1173)

Philip II August and John Lackland making peace with a kiss

illumination
(14th century)
king kiss John Philip II of France crown

Août

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1412s)
August

Faridun tests his sons

illumination
by Aqa Mirak (16th century)

The Virgin, John and the other mourners leave the sealed tomb

illumination
(1503)

Christ praying in the garden of Gethsemane. Two shields of unidentified arms in borders, with motto 'Entre tenir Dieu le viuelle'

illumination
(1503)

Bird's-Eye View of the Kaaba

illumination
(2nd millennium)

Rustam slaying the White Div

illumination
by anonymous (15th century)

The two disciples, Peter and John, are sent to prepare the Passover

illumination
(1503)

Gospel Book (ms 7482)

manuscript / illumination
by Gregory of Tatev (1297)

January

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1410s)
January John, Duke of Berry sitting cup-bearer squire table tablecloth fireplace fire dog sighthound pet tapestry nef Epiphany androgyny standing food tableware man plate knife meat goldsmithing platform

Entombment

illumination
(1503)

The incredulity of Thomas, who places his finger in the wound

illumination
(1503)

Anatomical Man.

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1411s)

Manuscript Illumination with Initial H, from a Bible

painting / illumination
by anonymous (1175)

The execution of Faramarz (Princeton Islamic MSS., no. 56G)

illumination
(1544)
Faramarz

The Iranians place the Arab king Zahhak on the throne

watercolor painting / illumination
by anonymous (1330)

Zahhak bound on mount Damavand (Golestan Palace Ms 2239)

illumination
(17th century)

King Afrasiyab in his palace talking with a noble person

watercolor painting / illumination
(17th century)
Afrasiab Piran Viseh

Faridun defeats Zahhak

illumination
(17th century)

Christ is nailed to the Cross; Mary and another pray in border

illumination
(1503)

Pentecost descent of the Holy Ghost as a dove

illumination
(1503)
Pentecost

"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

illumination
(16th century)
horse

La Rencontre des mages

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1411s)

Jamshid Writing on a Rock

illumination / watercolor painting
by Abd al-Samad (1588s)

[no title]

illumination
by Robinet Testard (1497s)
Charles chess Louise of Savoy greyhound

The Crucifixion Christ dead on the Cross, with the Virgin Mary, John and the Three Maries mourning

illumination
(1503)

Second Prince Vasak Gospel Book

manuscript / illumination
(1268)

April

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1412s)
April couple Engagement ring witness man woman engagement Marie, Duchess of Auvergne John I, Duke of Bourbon engagement Bonne of Armagnac Charles, Duke of Orléans flower gathering Château de Dourdan Orge castle of Pierrefonds standing kneeling hat dress overcoat blond long hair tree fisher barque sky garden pond watercourse rural area

Gospel Book of the Archbishop John

manuscript / illumination
(1289)

illumination Grandes Chroniques de France, BnF, Ms fr. 6465, fol. 441

illumination
by Jean Fouquet (15th century)
Charles IV

Hymnal Depicting the Battle of Avarayr

manuscript / illumination
(1482)

Pygmalion

illumination
(1460)
Pygmalion man sculptor kneeling white hair baldness mallet studio workbench apron prayer tool statue woman gynoid Galatea nudity clothed male, naked female drapery long hair umbilicus breast wall window compass saw try square plane standing nipple

Abû Zayd bittet, an Bord genommen zu werden (39. Maqâmât)

illumination

Commentary on the Psalms

manuscript / illumination
(1449)

The Betrayal Peter raises his sword; Judas hangs himself

illumination
(1503)

"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

illumination
by Sultan Muhammad (16th century)

October

illumination
by Limbourg brothers (1440)
October