It is an illustration of peasant work with a haymaking scene. While in the foreground a woman is raking hay and another stacks it with a fork, three mowers are forming windrows in the background on the right. Other tiny figures are depicted in a boat on the river, on the staircase leading to the postern and on the covered staircase inside the palace. The scene takes place on the banks of the seine, in a field located on the site of the hôtel de nesle, the parisian residence of the duke of berry. On the other side of the river extends in its entire length the palace of the city, with successively the king's gardens, the hall on the water, the three bonbec, argent and césar towers, then the clock tower. Behind the saint-louis gallery in the center, the two gables of the great hall, the king's logis and the montgomery tower. On the right, the sainte-chapelle. Object Type: manuscript illumination. Genre: genre art. Date: between 1412 and 1416, circa 1440 or between 1485 and 1486. Dimensions: height: 22.5 cm (8.8 in); width: 13.6 cm (5.3 in). Medium: illumination on vellum. Collection: Condé Museum. Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry juin
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