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  • Title: Marriage of Charles IV and Marie of Luxembourg
  • Creator: Fouquet, Jean, painter
  • Description: In the center of this image, Charles IV and Marie of Luxembourg are married. To the left is Charles' first wife, Blanche of Burgundy, mourning the annulment of her marriage due to accusations of adultery known as the Tour of Nesle affair. An attendant in a red tunic waves her away from Charles and his new bride.
  • Source: WikiMedia Commons
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Annulment Blanche of Artois and Burgundy Charles IV, King of France Grandes Chroniques de France, Chronicle Marriage Nuptial Imagery
  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 15
  • Date: ca. 1455-1460
  • Related Work: Grandes Chroniques. Full page available on BnF Mandragore: http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Mandragore&O=7860934&E=1&I=45048&M=imageseule
  • Current Location: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS fr. 6465, fol. 332r
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment)
  • Donor: Layman; Louis VII, King of France
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