January — The Duke's New Year
The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe, c. 1412–1416
$90
Print check at 8 x 12 in: 166 dpi, good. Trimmed 3% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The best-known image in the entire manuscript: the Duc de Berry himself, in blue robes trimmed in fur, seated before a roaring fire at his New Year's feast, urging his guests to "aproche, aproche" beneath a woven tapestry depicting a battle. Behind him, gold and silver vessels from his famous collection — a golden ship-shaped nef, salt cellars, cups — are piled on a credenza, an unmistakable display of Valois wealth. Above the scene, a lunette shows the zodiac wheel and the Duke's chariot of the sun for Capricorn and Aquarius. This is medieval court life at its most specific and least allegorical: real courtiers, a real dog on the table, a real household caught mid-gesture, painted with an observational precision that points forward toward the Renaissance.
- Maker
- The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe
- Date
- c. 1412–1416
- Medium of the original
- Illuminated manuscript
- Original held by
- Musée Condé, Chantilly
- Credit
- Musée Condé, Chantilly · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00906
| Picture | 8 x 12 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 9.6 x 13.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 166 | Good | Trimmed 3% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | 111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 55 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,333 x 2,062 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 51, lights 214 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 5.23
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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