Power, Devotion and Propaganda: Willem Vrelant and the “La Vega Hours” and Related Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts
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26 octobre 2022
- doi: 10.4000/books.septentrion.137167
- isbn: 9782757435083
- eisbn: 9782757435441
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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histoire de l’art enluminure peinture Moyen Âge histoire des bibliothèques Art ART000000 ASujets proches
Western art (Western countries) Fine arts Iconography Arts, Fine Art, Occidental Arts, Visual Visual arts Occidental art Art, Visual Art, Western (Western countries) ArtsCiter ce document
Lieve De Kesel, « Power, Devotion and Propaganda: Willem Vrelant and the “La Vega Hours” and Related Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts », Presses universitaires du Septentrion, ID : 10.4000/books.septentrion.137167
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The jumping-off point of this paper is a book of hours known as the Hours of Leonor de la Vega, which is part of the digitisation program of the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. It was illuminated by the artist Willem Vrelant. The manuscript’s first known owner was actually Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish ambassador in Rome. We will look at colleagues and employers of Garcilaso and at bishop Diego Ramirez de Villaescusa, who sent it to Rome. This circle of patrons brings together more than half a...