LE TAVERNIER, Jean
(active 1434-1460 in Burgundy)

Hours of Philip the Good

1454
Manuscript (Ms. 76 F 22)
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

This miniature on folio 72r depicts the Descent of the Holy Spirit. It is by Jan Tavernier, a fully accomplished master of the grisaille technique, which is superbly suited to modeling figures and objects and thereby imbuing them with a three-dimensional quality. Tavernier illuminated a number of manuscripts using this technique.