23-03-2020, 06:55 PM
First of all, I support the attempt to connect VMs illustrations with traditional material. And beyond the content of these representations, there is also the matter of structure within the various images. In this case the primary quality for structural similarity in comparison to the VMs seems to be the representation of paired ladies who are standing back to back. (Are there other structural similarities??)
The recent example in Post #25 has these back to back pairings. Furthermore there is an interesting bit of information in the provenance of this image as provided. ""Source: BNF Français 958, 1464. France/Flanders"""
France, of course, is France, one would presume. But in 1464, Flanders was part of the Duchy of Burgundy. And parts of northern and eastern France were also in the Duchy of Burgundy. 1464 was almost the end of the reign of the Burgundian duke, Philip the Good (d. 1466), who was a noted bibliophile and patron of manuscript production.
This subject of the seven virtues, as a topic of investigation, is just one of a growing number of examples from various researchers where the provenance of the historical source makes a connection with the Duchy of Burgundy, as I have suggested previously.
The recent example in Post #25 has these back to back pairings. Furthermore there is an interesting bit of information in the provenance of this image as provided. ""Source: BNF Français 958, 1464. France/Flanders"""
France, of course, is France, one would presume. But in 1464, Flanders was part of the Duchy of Burgundy. And parts of northern and eastern France were also in the Duchy of Burgundy. 1464 was almost the end of the reign of the Burgundian duke, Philip the Good (d. 1466), who was a noted bibliophile and patron of manuscript production.
This subject of the seven virtues, as a topic of investigation, is just one of a growing number of examples from various researchers where the provenance of the historical source makes a connection with the Duchy of Burgundy, as I have suggested previously.