Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
Selected illuminations from the 15th century Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry done by the Frères Limbourg. . . or I look at a lot of art and these are as pretty as it gets .
May. Depicting a May day outing. Collection of the Musée de Condé, Chantilly, France. Google Art via commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frères_Limbourg_-_Très_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_-_mois_de_mai_-_Google_Art_Project_cropped.jpgApril. Depicting a betrothal and ladies gathering flowers. (detail) Collection of the Musée de Condé, Chantilly, France. via commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Tres_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_avril_detail.jpgJanuary. Depiction of a winter feast. Collection of the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France. via commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Très_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_Janvier-2.jpg
All images in the public domain in the United States because the artists died over 70 years ago.
On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.
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