Master of the Parement
The Parement of Narbonne is 2.86 metres (9 ft 5 in) long and 77.5 centimetres (30.5 in) high, and is painted in black ink (strictly, grisaille) on silk.The then king of France, Charles V and his queen, Jeanne de Bourbon, are shown kneeling at either side of the cross in the central Crucifixion scene.Some illuminated manuscripts are attributed to the same artist or his circle, including some of the illustrations in the Book of Hours of René d'Anjou which is now in the British Library, and the important manuscript, now in different parts in several museums known as the Très Belles Heures de Notre Dame (BnF), and the Milan-Turin Hours.The figures are graceful and relatively realistic and three-dimensional in appearance, with expressive faces, but their heads tend to be disproportionate and heavy.Both the handling of the grisaille technique and the box-like architectural frames in which some of the scenes are set indicate a keen awareness of the earlier work of Jean Pucelle (active in Paris in the 1320s).
artistFrancemedieval paintingInternational Gothicparamentformer Cathedral of Saint JustNarbonneLouvregrisailleNoli Me TangereCharles VJeanne de Bourbonilluminated manuscriptsBook of HoursRené d'AnjouBritish LibraryMilan-Turin HoursBohemianFlemishJean PucelleNash, SusieBooks of hoursJohn of BerryHours of Jeanne d'EvreuxPetites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de BerryBelles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de BerryTrès Riches Heures du Duc de BerryAndré BeauneveuJean Le NoirJacquemart de HesdinPseudo-JacquemartMaster of the Brussels InitialsLimbourg brothers