The place is Chateau de Clay in Poitiers, possession of the duke. “The magnificent horoscope” is a monument to the art of the outgoing Autumn of the Middle Ages and is a sign of the coming Renaissance attitude.
Signs of the Early Northern Renaissance in this work: a new attitude to the world, attention to the transfer of specific life details, costume, life, as well as the display of all components in their relationship, working with the spatial environment, perspective, three-dimensional construction, competent anatomy, an attempt to depict real landscapes, the rejection of ornamental backgrounds.
Related Paintings 
The magnificent Hour of the Duke of Berry. June. Hayfield by Brothers Limburg 
The magnificent pedigree of the Duke of Berry. October by The Limburg Brothers 
Le magnifique livre horaire du duc de Berry. Juillet Récolter et tondre – Les frères du Limbourg 
Equestrian portrait of Earl-Duke Olivares by Diego Velasquez 
Las magníficas Horas del duque de Berry. Junio Hayfield – Hermanos Limburg 
Las magníficas Horas del duque de Berry. Julio Cosechando Ovejas – Hermanos Limburgo 
Portrait of Duke Henry the Pious and his wife Catherine of Mecklenburg by Lucas Cranach 
Pierre II, Duke of Bourbon with St. patron of the apostle Peter by Jean Hay
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