The Hours of Simon de Varie

by James H. Marrow, François Avril, James H. Morrow, et al.

Leading French painters in the late medieval period executed miniatures for lavishly illuminated books of hours. In the mid-fifteenth century, Simon de Varie commissioned such a book. Completed in 1455, it included five priceless works by the most eminent French painter of the time, Jean Fouquet, as well as other striking paintings by two of his contemporaries.

In the seventeenth century, Simon de Varie's book was divided into three sections...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892362847
• ISBN13: 9780892362844
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.9"