MINIATURIST, French
(active 1520s)

Book of Hours

c. 1520
Manuscript
Musée National de la Renaissance, Écouen

This Book of Hours belonged to Claude Gouffier (1501-1570). Responsible for organizing the royal jousts so dear to Henri II, he was a skilled, subtle, and prudent courtier. His family at the Château d'Orion had an art collection which included paintings, drawings, books of hours.

The miniature shown here represents the month of August in the Calendar of this Book of Hours.