Heures, a lusaige de Rome (Book of Hours, use of Rome)
Master of Anne of Brittany
(French, active about 1480–1510)
Philippe Pigouchet
(French, 15th–16th century)
Simon Vostre
(French, active 1486–1521)
1498
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with numerous metalcuts, printed on vellum
DimensionsOverall: 21.2 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm (8 3/8 x 5 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number31.1404
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, for Simon Vostre, 22 August 1498
ProvenanceDuke of Hamilton. 1913, Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont (b. 1841 - d. 1918), Paris; May 19-21, 1913, Montgermont library sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, part VII, lot 40. Édouard Rahir (b. 1862 - d. 1924), Paris; May 6-8, 1931, posthumous Rahir sale, part II, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 331, sold to the MFA for $1,400. (Accession Date: July 1, 1931)
Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
about 1528
