Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Musée Condé, Chantilly


The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is usually referred to as "le roi des manuscrits enluminés" or "the king of the illuminated manuscripts", but it is also a pinnacle in the entire history of painting.
Commissioned by Jean, Duc de Berry in 1413, it was painted by the Limbourg brothers who left it unfinished at their (and the Duc's) death in 1416.
The Duc Charles I de Savoie commissioned Jean Colombe to complete the painting of the manuscript between 1485-1489.

Folios 1 verso - 34 verso
Folios 35 verso - 61 recto
Folios 61 verso - 103 verso
Folios 108 recto - 158 recto
Folios 161 verso - 201 recto

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