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Master of the Brussels Initials
14th- and 15th-century manuscript illuminator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Master of the Brussels Initials (fl. c. 1390–1410), previously identified with Zebo da Firenze, was a manuscript illuminator active mainly in Paris. He[lower-alpha 1] brought Italian influences to French manuscript illumination and in that way played an important role in the development of the so-called International Gothic style. Decorations by the artist appear in several different works, illustrated by several different artists, and some attributions have been questioned. A corpus of works attributable to the Master of the Brussels Initials was initially identified by art historians Otto Pächt and Millard Meiss. The artist's style was inventive, bright and lively, and G. Evelyn Hutchinson has also pointed out the unusually realistic depictions of minute wildlife found in his work. At one point the bibliophile John, Duke of Berry employed the Master of the Brussels Initials.
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