Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 688
n that miniature painting attained its greatest emi-nence at this time, rather than in the age succeeding Van Eyck. The library of King Charles V., A. D. 1364 to 1380, containedno less than nine hundred volumes of illuminations. His brothers,Jean, Due de Berri (d. 1416), and Philip the Bold, Duke… … Fig. 400.—Scenes from the Story of Joseph. Minia-ture from the Psalter of St. Louis. 654 PAINTING OF THE GOTHIC EPOCH. seems that the best illuminators were foreigners. A Flemish paint-er, John of Bruges, was employed by Charles V., and in the serviceof the Due de Berri were several artists from…
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