Manuscript Leaf with the Annunciation from a Book of Hours, Jean Bourdichon, ca. 1485–90

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Manuscript Leaf with the Annunciation from a Book of Hours, ca. 1485–90, Made in Tours, France, French, Tempera and shell gold on parchment, Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( x 6 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457–1521 Tours), As part of a daily cycle of prayers in honor of the Virgin, Matins is habitually illustrated by an Annunciation, with the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she will bear the infant Jesus. Inhabitual, however, are details of this composition by Jean Bourdichon of Tours, the foremost illuminator to the court of France during the reigns of Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I (1461-1547

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