COLOMBE, Jean
(b. ca. 1430, d. ca. 1496, Bourges)

Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry: Novembre (November)

1412-16
Manuscript (Ms. 65), 294 x 210 mm
Musée Condé, Chantilly

This is the only calendar image executed by Colombe; the Limbourgs painted only the zodiacal tympanum above it. The picture shows the autumn acorn harvest, with a peasant knocking down throwing sticks to knock down the acorns on which his pigs are feeding.