“Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry” on Show at Chantilly: A Unique Opportunity
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The illuminations in this celebrated manuscript shaped the vision of an ideal Middle Ages in the collective imagination. This legendary, revolutionary treasure is being presented at Chantilly’s Musée Condé in what is held as a once-in-a-lifetime event. Limbourg brothers (active c. 1402-1416), July. “Harvest and Sheep-Shearing”, between 1411 and 1416, calendar from “Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry”© RMN-Grand Palais-Domaine de Chantilly – Michel Urtado They say it is easier to meet the Pope or the President of the United States than to see “Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry”, usually hidden well away from light and
