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Published 20th May 2021
Infrared technology shows how a 15th-century French ruler erased his deceased wife from art history
Written by Maev Kennedy
This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style.
It was a tragedy for Francis I of Brittany when his wife Yolande of Anjou died in 1440. But she was soon replaced both as his wife and in her own prayer book, where her image and coat of arms were painted over and replaced with those of her successor.
Yolande had appeared as a tiny figure kneeling before the Virgin Mary on one of the most glorious pages of her magnificent Book of Hours, now one of the treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK.