The Painter of Additional 15677
Artists
Most of the large miniatures and historiated initials were illuminated by an artist named the Painter of Additional 15677 after another Book of Hours (London, BL, Add. MS 15677). He was a competent and prolific professional. His figures, though stiff and puppet-like, with stereotypical faces, are well proportioned. His modelling is conventional, but he created pleasing sequences of shadowed passages and shell gold highlights. Although his colour scheme and method of painting are no match for the luminous palettes and sophisticated techniques of the other three artists, he reused creatively a wide range of designs circulating among them and other contemporaries. He painted the Calendar’s historiated borders with admirable topicality and the architectural borders throughout the volume with convincing perspective.
Adoration of the Magi (Hours of the Virgin, Sext)
The Painter of Additional 15677 provided the scene of the Adoration of the Magi within the historiated initial D. A talented associate painted the historiated border. It shows wild men emerging from a cave and running down a hill; one of them confronts a knight-merman in the lower border.
Related content: Book of Hours
- Artists: Associates of the Painter of Additional 15677
- Artists: The Painter of Additional 15677
- Texts and Images: Hours of the Virgin
- Artists' Materials: Blue pigments
- Artists' Materials: Differences in palette
- Artists' Materials: Green pigments and mixtures
- Artists' Materials: Yellow and orange pigments