Master of Jannecke Bollengier

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The Master of Jannecke Bollengier was a Flemish painter of illuminated manuscripts active in the area around Ghent, or possibly Bruges, around 1500.

His name is derived from an Hours made for the grand-daughter of Jacques le Boulengier, equerry to Charles the Bold. [1]

The painter is known for the Arenberg Hours, from Flanders, Bruges, around 1500. It contains 16 full-page miniatures in full borders and 24 decorated calendar pages depicting seasonal day-to-day life. The book was housed in the library of the Dukes of Arenberg from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Scholars identify the Master of Jannecke Bollengier as the hand that created this book and as the painter who collaborated with the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book. [2]

Note that other books by different artists of the same period are also sometimes known as Arenberg Hours, including the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, from about 1440,[ citation needed ] and one of the Hours produced by Willem Vrelant about 1460. [3]

Comparable books in similar style exist in other library and museum collections; their association with the Master, however, remains unclear.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Bruges artist (active c.1490-1500) Book of Hours, Bruges, c.1490-1500". Christies.
  2. "Jörn Günther Rare Books to Return to TEFAF Maastricht". Fine Books Magazine. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. "Arenberg Hours". Getty. Retrieved 2 July 2025.