Jean Colombe (c1430 - c1493). Jean Colombe was a French miniature painter and illuminator of manuscripts. He is best known for his work in Tr�s Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. He was a son of Philippe Colombe and his wife Guillemette and thus the brother of the sculptor Michel Colombe. In 1470-1472, Colombe created the miniatures of the Heures de Louis de Laval; around 1475, he illuminated the crusader chronicles, Les Passages d'oultre mer du noble Godefroy de Bouillon, du bon roy Saint Loys et de plusieurs vertueux princes, by S�bastien Mamerot. Both works had been commissioned by Louis de Laval. Between 1485 and 1490, Jean Colombe completed the decoration of the Tr�s Riches Heures which had been left unfinished in 1416. He executed the image for the month of November, completed the Limbourg brothers' design for September, and retouched other images.
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