UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French
(active in 1530s)

Binding of a Book of Hours

1533
Silver
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

This precious binding contains a book of hours intended for a Franciscan convent. The binding, depicting the Annunciation inspired by Dürer, is a masterpiece of its kind. It is one of the few surviving examples of Parisian metalwork produced under François I.