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   As mentioned above, a date of 1498 for the completion of the Hours of Louis XII is all but confirmed by the inscription under the king’s likeness in the Getty leaf, and in the absence of additional documentation it can be posited that the book was commissioned to mark Louis XII’s sudden accession.

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2. www.wikiwand.com › en › Hours_of_Louis_XIIHours of Louis XII - Wikiwand

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   The Hours of Louis XII was an illuminated manuscript book of hours produced by Jean Bourdichon for Louis XII of France. It was begun in 1498 or 1499, going by the king's age of 36 given below his portrait; he became king on 7 April 1498. The book reached England, where it was broken up around 1700.

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   When did the hours of Louis XII come out?

   • As mentioned above, a date of 1498 for the completion of the Hours of Louis XII is all but confirmed by the inscription under the king’s likeness in the Getty leaf, and in the absence of additional documentation it can be posited that the book was commissioned to mark Louis XII’s sudden accession.

   A Masterpiece Rediscovered: Jean Bourdichon’s Lamentation from the

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   What is the difference between Lamentation & Louis XII leaves?

   • The common origin of both leaves is immediately identifiable on account of their near-identical dimensions: the Lamentation leaf is 245 by 170 mm at its tallest and widest points, while the Louis XII miniature measures 243 by 157 mm, well within the range of slightly varying widths found among the surviving miniatures from this book.

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   Who painted the hours of Louis XII?

   • The Hours of Louis XII was one of the greatest French manuscripts of its time. A private prayer book, it was painted in 1498/99 by Jean Bourdichon for the French king Louis XII during a period when the royal court in France was a key center of European art and culture.

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   What happened to the hours of Louis XII?

   • The Hours of Louis XII, produced in the circumstances surrounding this unforeseen event, later became a particularly early casualty of the trade in miniatures. It was broken up in England before 1700, as evidenced by the fact that the diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) owned one of its pages as a calligraphic curiosity.

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4. www.getty.edu › publications › virtuallibraryA Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII - Getty

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   Janet Backhouse, who originally assembled the evidence that revealed this long-forgotten masterpiece, introduces the Hours of Louis XII and its cycle of miniatures. Thomas Kren discusses the book’s provocative miniature of Bathsheba bathing within the context of the king s own taste and predilections and within the then-emerging genre of the ...

5. www.getty.edu › art › exhibitionsA Masterpiece Reconstructed (Getty Exhibitions)

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   Oct 18, 2005 · A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII. October 18, 2005–January 8, 2006 at the Getty Center. This exhibition brings together 15 of the original miniatures by Jean Bourdichon from the French manuscript the Hours of Louis XII.

6. www.getty.edu › art › collectionA Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII (The J ...

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   The Hours of Louis XII was a large and elegant devotional book illuminated for the King of France in 1498, probably in honor of his coronation that year. It is one of the masterpieces by his court A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Louis_XIILouis XII - Wikipedia

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   Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515) was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second cousin once removed and brother-in-law, Charles VIII, who died childless in 1498. Before his accession to the throne of France, he was known as ...

   • Reign: 7 April 1498 – 1 January 1515
   • Mother: Marie of Cleves

   • Father: Charles, Duke of Orléans
   • Successor: Francis I

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