Luçon Master (floruit 1401-1417)
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Laurent de Premierfait translated De casibus virorum illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio into French in about 1400. The work described the tragic fates of illustrious personages, mostly figures from antiquity. The translator presented a second version to the Duke of Berry in 1409, after expanding it with notes based on extracts from Latin historians. The Geneva exemplar, which carries the Ex libris of the bibliophile duke, transmits the second version. It is richly decorated with historiated vignettes, attributable mainly to the "Maître de Luçon".
Online Since: 12/21/2010
- Luçon Master (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boccaccio (Author) | Laurent, de Premierfait (Translator) | Luçon Master (Illuminator) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
Laurent de Premierfait translated De casibus virorum illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio into French in about 1400. This work describes the tragic fates of illustrious personages, mostly figures from antiquity. The translator presented a second version to the Duke of Berry in 1409, after expanding it with notes based on extracts from Latin historians. The Geneva exemplar, which carries the Ex libris of the bibliophile duke, transmits the second version. It is richly decorated with historiated vignettes, attributable mainly to the "Maître de Luçon".
Online Since: 12/21/2010
- Luçon Master (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boccaccio (Author) | Laurent, de Premierfait (Translator) | Luçon Master (Illuminator) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description