Les Enluminures
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Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, miniatures, rings, and jewelry.
980 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1330
Chicago ,
IL 60611
United States
(773) 929-5986
21-22 Galerie de Montpensier, Jardin du Palais Royal
Paris ,
75001
France
+33 1 42 60 15 58
23 East 73rd Street
New York City ,
NY 10021
United States
(212) 717-7273
info@lesenluminures.com
https://www.lesenluminures.com
Highlight
Book of Hours (use of Rome)
Virtuoso performance of miniscule detail by a goldsmith-turned illuminator
Richly illuminated Book of Hours with an unprecedented and strikingly beautiful series of illuminations in which miniscule figures are executed with painstaking detail, often in large empty landscapes or crowded street scenes and surrounded by lush gold decoration. This is a virtuoso performance by a goldsmith-turned illuminator, Francesco del Chierico, pictures which he could have done only with magnification. Was his intention simply to make readers marvel at his prodigious skill or, also, to change the very nature of devotion when image-gazing?
A complete description is available upon request.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Hours of Collette de Lautier (use of Paris)
GUILLAUME DE LORRIS and JEAN DE MEUN, Le Roman de la Rose
Death of Saint Jerome, Full-page miniature from Trés saincte vie, mort et miracles du glorieulx sainct Hierosme
Saint Margaret, Leaf from the Knyvett Hours or Prayerbook
Annunciation, Leaf from the Hours of Isabella d’Este of Gonzaga
Rock Crystal Cross Pendant
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Inscribed Medieval Ring Brooch (“Fear God and observe His commandments”)
Byzantine Gold Ring with Emerald and Rock Crystal
Gallo-Roman Ring with Sow Intaglio
Posy Ring ‘AMOR VINC[I]T OMNIA’
Rani, by William Harper
DESCRIPTION
Les Enluminures was founded in Paris in 1991 by Dr. Sandra Hindman in association with the Chicago-based business, and it has opened a new gallery in New York in May 2012. Specializing in manuscripts and miniatures from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the gallery also handles rings and jewelry from the same periods. It organizes four or five exhibitions a year, some in collaboration with other dealers and some traveling to other locations, and these are often accompanied by catalogues.
Les Enluminures exhibits at many prestigious art and antique shows, including The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht, the Winter Antiques Show in New York, Masterpiece and Frieze Masters in London, and Fine Arts Paris. International clients of the gallery include the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, as well as many other institutional and private clients worldwide.
SANDRA HINDMAN is a leading expert on Medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination. Professor Emerita of Art History at Northwestern University and Owner of Les Enluminures, Paris, Chicago and New York, Professor Hindman is author, coauthor, or editor of more than ten books, as well as numerous articles on the history and reception of illuminated manuscripts and on medieval rings. Sandra Hindman is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America, the National Antique and Art Dealers Association of America, the Syndicat National de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, and the Syndicat National des Antiquaires.