Willem Vrelant
Saint George and the Dragon by Vrelant
Willem Vrelant (died c. 1481/1482) was a Dutch book illuminator.
Life[]
He is first registered in 1449, when an illuminator from Vreeland named Willem Backer obtained citizenship of Utrecht.[1] He may have lived in Utrecht for years, as in 1450 he finished there the . From 1454 to 1481 he is recorded as a member of the Bruges guild of bookmakers. His large and productive workshop produced (among others) a book of hours which is now in Baltimore (1455–60), the (c.1460), the Chronicles of Hainaut (1468) and individual miniatures in the Hours of Mary of Burgundy (c.1480).
See also[]
- Book of Hours of Leonor de la Vega - work imputed to Vrelant
- Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - famous French book of hours
Bibliography[]
- (in German) Ingo F. Walther, Norbert Wolf: Meisterwerke der Buchmalerei, S. 480. Köln u.a., Taschen 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4747-X
References[]
- ^ Thomas Kren, Scot McKendrick, Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, 2003, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, p. 117.
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Categories:
- 1482 deaths
- Manuscript illuminators
- Early Netherlandish painters
- People from Loenen
- Artists from Utrecht
- Artists from Bruges