Maker/Artist
Master of Guillebert de Mets
Flemish illuminator, active 1415-1460
The Master of Guillebert de Mets was a prolific, anonymous, illuminator who worked in Flanders during a flourishing period of manuscript production. The Master's name derives from his illuminations in a manuscript of the Decameron , now in Paris, which was signed by the scribe Guillebert de Mets. The Master of Guillebert de Mets was trained in Paris or by Parisian illuminators who worked in Flanders; he lived in or near Ghent towards the end of his life. He illuminated many books of hours and several secular manuscripts, including the works of Roman authors such as Seneca and Valerius Maximus and contemporary authors such as Giovanni Boccaccio and Christine de Pizan.
![Photo of collection object Leaf from a Book of Hours: Decorated Initial D[eus] with Foliated Border (Opening of Terce: Hours of the Holy Spirit)](https://du1veq5hgyp3c.cloudfront.net/art/cma_163800-m.webp)