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Hours of Louis XII
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Jean Bourdichon
France · 1457–1521
Jean Bourdichon was a French painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century, in the reigns of Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I. He was probably born in Tours, and was a pupil of Jean Fouquet. He died in Tours.
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Hours of Louis XII
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The Hours of Louis XII was an illuminated manuscript book of hours produced by Jean Bourdichon for Louis XII of France. It was begun in 1498 or 1499, going by the king's age of 36 given below his portrait; he became king on 7 April 1498. The book reached England, where it was broken up around 1700.
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