Jan Boudolf
Jean Bondol, also known as Jean de Bruges, Jean Boudolf, or Jan Baudolf, was a Flemish artist who became a court artist of Charles V of France in 1368. He is documented as active between 1368 and 1381. He is best known for producing a number of designs for tapestries, of which the only documented survivals are the huge and very important Apocalypse Tapestry series now at Angers.
Also recorded as Hennequin de Bruges · Jean de Bandol · Jehan de Bondolf · Johannes de Brugis
Jan Boudolf
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- Name
- Jean Bondol
- Occupation
- Artist
- Born
- 1340 · Bruges.
- Died
- 1400
- Nationality
- France
- Known for
- Apocalypse Tapestry · Bible Historiale
- Languages
- French
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Jean Bondol, also known as Jean de Bruges, Jean Boudolf, or Jan Baudolf, was a Flemish artist who became a court artist of Charles V of France in 1368. He is documented as active between 1368 and 1381. He is best known for producing a number of designs for tapestries, of which the only documented survivals are the huge and very important Apocalypse Tapestry series now at Angers.
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He painted the illuminations for the Bible historiale de Jean de Vaudetar, a translation of the Vulgate which was presented to Charles V by his valet de chambre Jehan Vaudetar. It is now in the Westreen Museum at the Hague. These illuminations were executed in the year 1371, a period when art in the Netherlands was making rapid advances beyond the conventionality of the early 14th century, and the work of Jean de Bruges is by no means behind that of his contemporaries.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Dijon. Positions recorded include court painter. Works named in the authority record are Apocalypse Tapestry and Bible Historiale. Work by Jan Boudolf is recorded in the collections of Huis van het boek.
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• Name — Jean Bondol • Occupation — Artist • Illustration — Tapestry of the Apocalypse, in Angers, designed by Jean Bondol.
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1340
Jan Boudolf was born in 1340.
1400
Jan Boudolf died.
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- 1.Duverger (1955), p. 95
- 2.Joubert (1992), p. 172, 176-177 (noten 22, 24, 25, 29)
- 3.Marez (1903), p. 154-158
- 4.Joubert (1992), p. 176 (noot 22); Marez (1903), p. 156
- 5.Joubert (1992), p. 175-176 (noot 15); Marez (1903), p. 154; Panofsky (1953), p. 37
- 6.Joubert (1992), p. 176 (noot 25); Marez (1903), p. 156
- 7.Smeyers (2003)
- 8.Joubert (1992), p. 169-172; Duverger (1955), p. 96
- 9.Joubert (1992), p. 177 (noot 29); Marez (1903), p. 154
- 10.Joubert (1981), p. 125; Joubert (1992), p. 176 (noot 25); Joubert (1996), p. 48 (+ noot 5); Marez (1903), p. 154, 158
- 11.Joubert (1981), p. 125: "Le Roy ... a baillée à mons. d'Anjou pour faire faire son beau tapis."
- 12.Duverger (1955), p. 95-96; Smeyers (2003)
- 13.Panofsky (1953), p. 35
- 14.Vertaling naar Panofsky (1953), p. 37. Bijschrift in het Latijn: Anno Domini millesimo trecentesimo septuagesimo primo, istud opus pictum fuit ad preceptum ac honorem illustri principis Karoli regis Francie, etatis sue trecesimo quinto et regni sui octavo, et Johannes de Brugis, pictor regis predicti, fecit hanc picturam propria sua manu
- 15.Walther & Wolf (2005), p. 472
- 16.Smeyers (1998), p. 181
- 17.Joubert (1992)
- 18.Joubert (1996)
- 19.Panofsky (1953), p. 36-37
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The authorities additionally record the headings Hennequin de Bruges, Jean de Bandol, Jehan de Bondolf, Johannes de Brugis and Jean de Bruges.
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