Dreux Jean
Artists
Dreux Jean, active c. 1430-1467, was Philip the Good’s valet de chambre and illuminator. The Duke entrusted him with numerous additions to the Grandes Heures and with its rebinding in two volumes – responsibilities for which the artist was paid 10 livres and 16 sous in 1451. Dreux Jean painted the miniatures of St Remigius (fol. 238v) and St Anne (fol. 256r), the only two images to include Philip the Good’s devices.
St Anne with the Virgin and Child (suffrage to St Anne)
This 15th-century miniature was painted by Dreux Jean, Philip the Bold’s valet de chambre and illuminator, who was entrusted by the Duke with numerous additions to the Grandes Heures as well as its rebinding in two volumes in 1451. St Anne is accompanied by the Virgin and Child, and by angles playing a harp and a lute. The open book on her knees alludes to the popular image of St Anne teaching the young Virgin to read. The frame features Philip the Bold’s devices: the golden fusils and flints of the Order of the Golden Fleece.