Book of Hours Trubert
Workshop of Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521)
Place: Provence, France
Date: about 1480 - 1490
Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with red velvet
Dimensions: Leaf: 11.5 × 8.6 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)
"A popular devotional tool, books of hours contain a cycle of prayers and meditations focusing on the Virgin Mary for laypersons to recite at various times of day. Artists personalized the books to suit the requirements and interests of individual patrons. This book, for example, contains two miniatures that allude to specific paintings owned by King René I of Anjou.
Eight full-page and six half-page miniatures, as well as numerous historiated initials, decorate this book of hours. The manuscript represents some of the earliest known work of Georges Trubert, who served King René at his court in Provence in the 1480s. Another artist in the book worked in a style common to artists active to the north, in the Loire valley. In general, all three of the book's illuminators explored diverse ways to make painted objects appear palpable and three-dimensional against the flat page, sometimes by creating a trompe-l'oeil effect."
Getty Museum Collection
Saint John the Evangelist
Saint John the Evangelist; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 13
The Annunciation
The Annunciation; Associate of Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 21
The Visitation
The Visitation; Associate of Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 34
Pentecost
Pentecost; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 48
The Nativity
The Nativity; Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 49v
The Annunciation to the Shepherds
The Annunciation to the Shepherds; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 54v
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 59
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 67
The Coronation of the Virgin
The Coronation of the Virgin; Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 73v
King David in Prayer
King David in Prayer; Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 98
Job on the Dung Heap
Job on the Dung Heap; Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 122
Madonna of the Burning Bush
Madonna of the Burning Bush; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 154
Portable Altarpiece with the Weeping Madonna
Portable Altarpiece with the Weeping Madonna; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); 93.ML.6.159
Initial A: The Trinity
Initial A: The Trinity; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 164
Initial D: The Raising of Lazarus
Initial D: The Raising of Lazarus; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 165v
Initial O: Saint Nicholas Blessing a Child
Initial O: Saint Nicholas Blessing a Child; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 169
Initial J: Saint John the Evangelist
Initial J: Saint John the Evangelist; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 170
Initial V: Saint Catherine
Initial V: Saint Catherine; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 170v
Initial V: Saint Appolonia
Initial V: Saint Appolonia; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 171v
Initial O: Saint Geneviève
Initial O: Saint Geneviève; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 172
Initial R: Saint Avia in Prison Receiving Communion from the Virgin
Initial R: Saint Avia in Prison Receiving Communion from the Virgin; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 173
Initial O: Saint Sebastian
Initial O: Saint Sebastian; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 173v
Initial S: Saint Christopher
Initial S: Saint Christopher; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 176v
The Meeting at the Golden Gate
The Meeting at the Golden Gate; Georges Trubert (French, active Provence, France 1469 - 1508); Provence, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Ms. 48, fol. 187