Banquet of charles v the wise grandes chroniques de france, illuminated by jean fouquet, tours, circa 1455-1460 paris, bnf, department of manuscripts, french 6465, fol. 444v. (book of charles v) on january 6, 1378, the day of the epiphany, king charles v the wise gave a banquet in honor of charles iv, emperor of bohemia, and his son wenceslas, king of the romans. The meal took place in the great hall of the palace in the presence of the court and a considerable crowd of dignitaries. This work is part of the cycle of paintings executed by jean fouquet around 1460 to illustrate a copy of the grandes chroniques de france, probably intended for king charles vii. It closes the story of the visit that the king of france, charles v († 1380), received from his maternal uncle, emperor charles iv of bohemia († nov. 1378) who came to france during the winter of 1377-1378, accompanied by his eldest son, prince wenceslas, count of luxembourg and king of the romans. Object Type: painting. Date: between circa 1455 and circa 1460.
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