Piety and Pleasure: Courtly Art
Queen Blanche of Castile, King Louis IX, a monk, and a lay scribe, dedication page from the Moralized Bible made for Louis IX, 1226-1234
Sainte-Chapelle, built by King Louis IX of France, Paris, 1243-1248
Scenes from the Apocalypse, from the Moralized Bible made for Louis IX, 1226-1234
Abraham and the Three Angels, Psalter of Saint Louis, 1253-1270 (dimensions: 5 x 3.5'')
Jean Pucelle, Betrayal of Christ and Annunciation, Book of Hours of Queen Jeanne d’Évreux, wife of King Charles IV of France, ca. 1325-1328 (dimensions of each page: 3.5 x 2.5'')
Statue of the Virgin and Child (Virgin of Jeanne d’Évreux), silver gilt and enamel, 1339 (height: 2' 3.5'')
FLEUR-DE-LIS Statue of the Virgin and Child (Virgin of Jeanne d’Évreux), silver gilt and enamel, 1339 (height: 2' 3.5'')
Ivory statuette of the Virgin and Child, from the treasury of Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, third quarter of the 13th century (height: 1' 4'')
Ivory statuette of the Virgin and Child, from the treasury of Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, third quarter of the 13th century (height: 1' 4'')
Lovers playing chess, ivory mirror case, ca. 1320
Goldenes Rössl (“Golden Horse”), presented to King Charles VI of France by his queen, Isabeau of Bavaria, as a New Year gift in 1405 (height: 2 feet)
Limbourg brothers (Pol, Jean, and Herman de Limbourg), January, from the Très Riches Heures (“The Very Rich Hours”) of the duke Jean de Berry, ca. 1415 (page dimensions: 29 × 21 cm)
January, from the Très Riches Heures (“The Very Rich Hours”) of Jean de Berry
February, from the Très Riches Heures (“The Very Rich Hours”) of Jean de Berry
June, from the Très Riches Heures (“The Very Rich Hours”) of Jean de Berry
June, from the Très Riches Heures (“The Very Rich Hours”) of Jean de Berry
August, from the Très Riches Heures (“The Very Rich Hours”) of Jean de Berry
October, from the Très Riches Heures (“The Very Rich Hours”) of Jean de Berry
The Temptation of Christ, from the Très Riches Heures (“The Very Rich Hours”) of Jean de Berry
Mehun-sur-Yèvre