Inside Out Library · Explore

The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 423

An illustration from The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, 1886, leaf 423
the accouchemeut of Madame the Duchess ; or again, from Blois to Romorantin, toinquire after Madame dAngoulesme, whowas reported to be very unwelL Certain artists, however, who then tookthe modest name of illuminators, livedentirely by their profession, working attableaux henoits (blessed… … Fig. 318.—Miniature taken from Les Femmes lUustres,translated from Boccacio. (National Librarj, Paris.) of the recognised painters to princes ornobles; and impersonality was quite natu-rally imposed upon them by their sub-ordinate position, if not by the simplemodesty which was for so long the…

Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance

Internet Archive · Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

More like this