Limbourg brothers, Limbourg also spelled Limburg, three Dutch brothers who are the best-known of all late Gothic manuscript illuminators. Herman (b. c. 1385, Nijmegen, duchy of Gelre [now in Gelderland, Netherlands] d. February? 1416), Paul (Pol) (b. c. 1386/87, Nijmegen d. February? 1416), and Jean (Johan) (b. c. 1388, Nijmegen d. February? 1416) were among the first illuminators to render specific landscape scenes (such as the environs and appearance of their patron’s castles) with great accuracy and sensitivity. Together they synthesized the innovations of other illuminators and developed a personal style characterized by subtlety of line, painstaking technique, and minute rendering of detail.
Limbourg brothers, three Dutch brothers who are the best-known of all late Gothic manuscript illuminators. Herman (b. c. 1385, Nijmegen, duchy of Gelre [now in Gelderland, Netherlands] d. February? 1416), Paul (Pol) (b. c. 1386/87, Nijmegen d. February? 1416), and Jean (Johan) (b. c. 1388,