Jean Pucelle (painter)

Jean Pucelle: Belleville Book of Hours, French National Library, Paris

Jean Pucelle (* around 1300; † around 1334 ) was a French painter and illuminator . He can be more precisely understood due to his book paintings from 1320 until his death.

His main work is the Book of Hours of Johanna von Evreux in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , The Cloisters , around 1324 - 1328 . The Belleville Book of Hours of the French National Library in Paris also comes from his hand.

Pucelle often draws fine and very detailed figures in grisaille in the courtly style of the Parisian art of his years, which are designed with safely set color accents. The small figures in the edge areas of the page (bas-de-page) often show actions that are almost equivalent to the main scenes in terms of conspicuity. So you can often see images of everyday life in the 14th century (hunting scenes, tournaments, blind cow games). In terms of style and motif, Jean Lenoir's works come very close to Pucelle 's imagery, which gave rise to considerations about the student body and workshop succession. His way of designing book pages continued as a standard for other illuminators into the 1380s.

Its design reveals dependencies on the Italian Trecento. The art-historical discussion continues.

Web links

• Works by Jean Pucelle (painter) at Zeno.org .