Description: Extremely High quality 1930s reproduction of 15th century miniature by Jean Porcher, Geneva Switzerland 20.5cm x 29.5cm “The Grandes Heures de Rohan (French: The Grand Hours of Rohan; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. Latin 9471; commonly known as The Rohan Hours) is an illuminated manuscriptbook of hours, painted by the anonymous artist known as the Rohan Master, probably between 1418 and 1425 [1] (though other datings have been suggested), in the Gothic style. It contains the usual offices, prayers and litanies in Latin, along with supplemental texts, decorated with 11 full page, 54 half page, and 227 small miniatures, decorated with tempera paints and gold leaf. The book margins are decorated with Old Testamentminiatures with captions in Old French, in the style of a Bible moralisée. The full page illuminations are renowned for the highly emotional and dramatic portrayal of the agonies of Christ and the grief of the Virgin. According to Millard Meiss, "The Rohan Master cared less about what people do than what they feel. Whereas his great predecessors excelled in the description of the novel aspects of the natural world, he explored the realm of human feeling." Meiss concludes that the Rohan Master was the "greatest expressionistin 15th century France."[2] The manuscript is currently housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France.”
Price: 60 GBP
Location: Barnet
End Time: 2025-01-06T11:17:31.000Z
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1930
Theme: Art, Biblical
Subject: Biblical
