Illumination Grandes Chroniques de France, BnF, Ms fr. 6465, fol. 441, Jean Fouquet

Entry of emperor charles iv into cambrai. Grandes chroniques de france, illuminated by jean fouquet, tours, circa 1455-1460 paris, bnf, department of manuscripts, french 6465, fol. 441 (book of charles v) on december 22, 1378, emperor charles iv and his son wenceslas, accompanied by the king's messengers who had come to greet them a few leagues from the city, met the bishop and the bourgeois of cambrai. Object Type: manuscript illumination. Date: circa from 1455 until 1460. Depicted People: Charles IV. Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Entrée de l empereur Charles IV à Cambrai