Master of Francis I / Frontispiece from Guillaume Cretin's Debat entre deux dames sur le passetemps des chiens et oyseaux: Debate between Two Women / c. 1537-1540

Master of Francis I
Frontispiece from Guillaume Cretin's Debat entre deux dames sur le passetemps des chiens et oyseaux: Debate between Two Women
c. 1537-1540
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Creator Name: Master of Francis I
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: c. 1455 - 1532
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Master of Francis I
Title: Frontispiece from Guillaume Cretin's Debat entre deux dames sur le passetemps des chiens et oyseaux: Debate between Two Women
Title Type: Primary
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Creation Start Date: 1537
Creation End Date: 1540
Creation Date: c. 1537-1540
Object Type: Books
Classification Term: Manuscript
Materials and Techniques: tempera and gold on vellum
Dimensions: Sheet: 27.1cm x 20.1cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1991.157
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: This is one of four surviving miniatures from the only known illuminated copy of Cretin's poem, 'Debat entre deux dames sur le passetemps des chiens et oyseaux.' The poem, which takes the form of a debate between two women who discuss at length the relative merits of hunting with falcons versus hunting with dogs, is presumed to have been written as a presentation copy for King Francis I (1515-1547). This as yet unidentified artist is known to have painted the illustrations to several books intended for the king as well as for other members of the court circle during the 1530s.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1991.157
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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