Limbourg, Pol de

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Limbourg, Pol de (active 1380–1416) (active 1380–1416) Franco-Flemish manuscript illustrator. Pol and his brothers, Jan and Hermann, became court painters to Jean, duc de Berry in 1411. Their masterpiece is a Book of Hours known as Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (1413–15). See also illumination

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