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Click to view high resolution image Title: February Creator: Herman, Jean, and Paul de Limbourg, painters Description: A scene of wintry weather illustrates the calendar for February. Three peasants are out in the cold while in a farm house a finely dressed woman and two peasants sit before the fire. Michael Camille pointed out that these two peasants, a man and a woman, both expose their genitals before the fire. He argued that this explicit illustration was done at the request of the patron, Jean, duke of Berry. Source: WikiMedia Commons Rights: Public domain Subject (See Also): Fires Nude Peasantry Trés Riches Heures de Duc de Berry Winter Geographic Area: France Century: 15 Date: ca. 1413-1416 Related Work: Trés Riches Heures. See the digitized manuscript at: http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/ Current Location: Paris, Musée Condé, MS 65, fol. 2v Original Location: Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment) Donor: Layman; Jean, Duke of Berry Height/Width/Length(cm): 29 cm/21 cm/ Inscription: Related Resources: Michael Camille. "'For Our Devotion and Pleasure': The Sexual Objects of Jean, Duc de Berry." Art History 24, 2 (2001): 174.

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