ID: 700009458 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009458	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France (book of hours; Jean Pucelle (French, active Paris, 1319–1334), for Jeanne d...; ca. 1324/1328; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 54.1.2; )

Note: Comprises 209 folios include 25 full-page paintings with paired images from the Infancy and Passion of Christ and scenes of the life of Saint Louis, the queen’s ancestor. In the margins, close to 700 illustrations. Tiny prayer book is lacking gold and opulent color, but a work of exceptional artistry: the figures are rendered in delicate grisaille (shades of gray), giving them an amazingly sculptural quality, and are accented with rich color and touches of lilac and turquoise.

Titles:

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

book of hours [300026457] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, religious texts)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1324/1328

Creator Display:

Jean Pucelle (French, active Paris, 1319–1334), for Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France [preferred]

illuminator Pucelle, Jean (French illuminator, active ca. 1319-1334) [500115647]

patron Jeanne d'Évreux, Queen of France (French queen, died 1371) [500475812]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 54.1.2

Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1954

Display Materials: grisaille, tempera, and ink on vellum

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	vellum (parchment) [300011852]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material, parchment (animal material))

	grisaille [300053386]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques for special effects>)

Dimensions: 209 folios; single folio: 3 5/8 x 2 7/16 in. (9.2 x 6.2 cm); Overall (with binding): 3 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 1 1/2 in. (9.9 x 7.2 x 3.8 cm)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

text

Specific Subjects:

	prayers (literary genre) [300026452]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	Life of Christ [901000084]
	.....((New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Louis, Saint (French king and saint, 1214-1270) [500245812]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France (by 1328–d. 1371) ; bequeathed to Charles V, King of France (1371–d. 1380) ; bequeathed to Charles VI, King of France (from 1380) ; Jean, Duke of Berry d. 1416 (listed in inventories from 1401–d.1416) ; Louis-Jules de Châtelet and Christine de Gleseneuve, Bar, France (ca. 1618–before 1672) ; Adolphe Carl Rothschild, Château de Pregny, Geneva (until d. 1900) ; bequeathed to his wife, Caroline Julie Anselme Rothschild (1900–d. 1907) ; bequeathed to Maurice Edmond Charles Rothschild, Paris (1909–collection looted by Nazi officials January 1941) ; stored in Neuschwanstein Castle, Füssen, Germany (inventory no. R.1052) ; recovered in 1945 and restituted to Maurice Edmond Charles Rothschild, Château de Pregny, Geneva (1948–54) ; [ Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York (sold 1954)]

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 19 June 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 18 June 2018