Image of Rene, Duke of Anjou as a crowned skeleton, from the by French School, (15th century)

Rene, Duke of Anjou as a crowned skeleton, from the Book of Hours of Rene...

Asset - General information

No Additional Copyright

Permissions

Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us

	Dimension [pixels]	Dimension in 300dpi [mm]	File size [MB]
Large	3792 × 5016 px	321 × 425 mm	12.9 MB
Medium	774 × 1024 px	66 × 87 mm	1.2 MB

Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers

License details

Your details

* First name

* Last name

* Email

* Phone

* Country

Message

IMAGE number: BL3299074
Image title: Rene, Duke of Anjou as a crowned skeleton, from the Book of Hours of Rene of Anjou (vellum)
Artist: French School, (15th century) / French
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Beginning of the Office of the Dead.The personification of Death with the arms of René of Anjou. A folio added after René d'Anjou had become titular King of Naples in 1435. Hours of René d'Anjou Illustrator: Master of René d'Anjou? France; circa 1410 Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Egerton 1070, f.53
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 15th century / anatomy / catholicism / Christianity / religion / flag / heraldry / flag / roman catholic / liturgy / heraldry / religious books / eucharist / organisms / crown / event / religious movements / events / dead / office of the dead / flags / visual works / catholic faith / death / religious groups / rite of passage / 15th century / christians / human anatomy / religious works / human body / religious faiths / heraldic / catholicism / religious texts / style and period / skeleton / heraldries / ceremony and ritual / religion / regalia

Field	Search term	Example
Asset title	title:	title:pony
Asset title and keywords	~	~pony
Asset description text	description:	description:london
Agency prefix	prfx: or $	prfx:lal or $LAL
Asset id	imageid: or #	imageid:250297 or imageid:[2500 TO 4000] or #1551
Agency name	coll:	coll:history
Medium	medium:	medium:oil
Century	century:	century:20th
Keywords	kw:	kw:dog
Artist name	artist: or ?	artist:monet or ?monet
Artist nationality	nat:	nat:French
Creator ID	creatorid:	creatorid:37
Location	loc: or @	loc:exeter or @exeter
Classification	class:	class:57 or #57. Use # for unclassified assets
Year	year:	year:1850 or year:[1700 TO 1800]

Contact us for further help