Nicolas Spierinc
Flemish illuminator and scribe active in late 1400s
About Nicolas Spierinc
Lived 1450 – 1500. Nicolas Spierinc was an illuminator, calligrapher and artist.
Nicolas Spierinc was a Flemish illuminator and scribe active in late 1400s. Works attributed to him include the lettering of the Hours of Mary of Burgundy. He was a student of medicine at the University at Louvain, later changing his profession to a scribe and illuminator, moving to Ghent, where he found success and wealth. He is known to have collaborated with both Lieven van Lathem and the Master of Mary of Burgundy on prayer books of hours.
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Who was Nicolas Spierinc?
Flemish illuminator and scribe active in late 1400s
When was Nicolas Spierinc born?
Nicolas Spierinc was born in 1450.
When did Nicolas Spierinc die?
Nicolas Spierinc died in 1500 in Ghent.
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Nicolas Spierinc was an illuminator, calligrapher and artist.
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