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Rogier van der Weyden
's
Jean Wauquelin presenting his 'Chroniques de Hainaut' to Philip the Good
. Frontispiece miniature of the
Chronicles of Hainaut
. (
Royal Library of Belgium
, Brussels, Manuscripts, MS. KBR.9242.
The
Chronicles of Hainaut
is an
illuminated manuscript
in three volumes, tracing the history of the
county of Hainaut
up to the end of the 14th century. Its text was produced around 1446-1450 by
Jean Wauquelin
as a French translation of
Annales historiae illustrium principum Hannoniæ
, a three-volume Latin work produced by
Jacques de Guise
around 1390-1396. It was made for
Philip the Good of Burgundy
and is now in the
Royal Library of Belgium
in
Brussels
.
Its frontispiece is a 1447 miniature by
Rogier van der Weyden
showing Waquelin kneeling to present the book to Philip.
[1]
Beside Philip is his thirteen or fourteen year old son
Charles the Bold
. To the left, the figure in blue is chancellor
Nicolas Rolin
and the one in red is
Jean Chevrot
,
bishop of Tournai
. The group of people to the right are eight members of the
Order of the Golden Fleece
, founded by Philip in 1430.
Ten other miniatures (f.75, 175v, 267, 274v, 277, 281, 284v, 286v, 291) are attributed to the Alexandre de Wauquelin Master.
[2]
References
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- ^
(in French)
A. De Schryver
, ≪ Pour une meilleure orientation des recherches a propos du Maitre de Girart de Roussillion ≫, in
Rogier van der Weyden en zijn tijd
, Bruxelles, 1974.
- ^
(in French)
Bernard Bousmanne and Thierry Delcourt (ed.),
Miniatures flamandes
, Bibliotheque nationale de France/Bibliotheque royale de Belgique, 2011, 464 p. (
ISBN
9782717724998
), p. 178-181 (notice de Pascal Schandel)
Bibliography
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- L. Campbell, ≪ Rogier van der Weyden and Manuscript Illumination ≫, in : E. Morrison et T. Kren (eds.),
Flemish Manuscript Painting in Context. Recent Research
, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006, pp. 87?102.
- (in French)
L. Campbell et J. Van der Stock (ed.),
Rogier van der Weyden. 1400-1464. Maitre des Passions
, exhibition catalogue, M Louvain, 20 septembre - 6 decembre 2009, Leuven : Davidsfonds, 2009, cat. no. 9, pp. 280?283.
- (in French)
Ch. van den Bergen-Pantens et al.,
Les Chroniques de Hainaut ou les ambitions d’un prince bourguignon
, exhibition, Bruxelles, Bibliotheque royale Albert Ier, 14 avril ? 27 mai 2000 : legendes des pieces exposees, KBR, ms. 9242, Bruxelles, Bibliotheque royale Albert Ier, 2000.
- (in French)
D. De Vos,
Rogier van der Weyden. L’œuvre complet
, Paris, Hazan, 1999.