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Boucicaut Master

( fl c. 1390–1430). Illuminator, active in Paris.The anonymous artist known as the Boucicaut Master is named after his work in the Book of Hours of Paris Use (274*190 mm; Paris, Mus. Jacquemart-André, MS. 2; see MANUSCRIPT, colour pl. IV), which was commissioned by Jean II le Meingre de Boucicaut, Marshal (maréchal ) of France (1365–1421).

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