St John the Baptist in the wilderness from a Book of Hours (use of Rouen)

Fouquet, Jean, follower of

Parchment folio from a Book of Hours written and illuminated between 1485 and 1490 in the Rouen workshop of the Master of the Echevinage, in collaboration with artist workshops in Tours. This illumination is attributed to a follower of Jean Fouquet. John the Baptist wearing his camel-hair tunic sits on a rock in a landscape with a sheep. He has a golden halo and holds a cross. PUER QUI NATUS E(ST) NOBIS is written on the bejewelled and gilded frame. The prayer on the verso opens 'Deus qui presentem diem hoborabilem.' St John the Baptist is depicted within the historiated initial D and St Peter is depicted in the historiated initial D, opening a prayer to 'De saint pierre'.