July: Leo; the month of reaping crops
(c. 1475-1480)
folio 4 recto in The Wharncliffe Hours (c. 1475–80)
Medium
brown, blue and red inks, tempera, gold paint, gold leaf on parchment
Measurements
17.8 × 12.8 cm (folio)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Books of Hours were popular devotional manuscripts used in the late medieval period for personal prayer and meditation. The Wharncliffe Hours, named after its nineteenth-century owner, the first Earl of Wharncliffe, is recognised as one of the finest examples of French illumination. The creator of the Wharncliffe Hours, Maître François, headed one of the leading Parisian workshops for book production at this time. He worked for aristocratic patrons in the Loire region, as well as in Paris. François painted the main pictures in these pages around 1475–80, while one or more assistants executed the decoration of the borders.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris / the Loire region, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Manion & Vines 78; Manion 2005
Accession Number
1072-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
books of hours farmers (people in agriculture) floral patterns illuminated manuscripts Latin (language) lion (species) months zodiac symbols