HORENBOUT, Gerard
(b. ca. 1465, Ghent, d. ca. 1541, London)

Grimani Breviary: The Month of February

1510s
Manuscript (Ms. lat. I 99), 280 x 215 mm
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

The illustration of February contrasts with that of January, since it shows a peasant family seeking warmth in a farmhouse while outside the fields are frozen under a gelid sky.