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ID: 500121728 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500121728			Record Type: Person

Marmion, Simon (French illuminator and panel painter, ca. 1425-1489)

Note: Simon probably trained in the workshop of his father, Jean, in Amiens before establishing his own workshop in Valenciennes. He was summoned to Lille in 1454 by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, to help in preparing scenery and other decorations for an extravagant banquet. Thereafter he worked for some of the most illustrious patrons in Burgundy, including Duke Philip, his son Charles the Bold, Margaret of York, and various other family members and courtiers. In addition to manuscript illuminations, his commissions included paintings, altarpieces, portraits, and decorations for court festivities. Near the end of his career, Simon appears to have had connections with manuscript painting in the southern Netherlands. Not long after his death, Simon Marmion was praised by the poet Jean Lemaire de Belges as the "prince of illumination," probably referring to the artist's proficiency in depicting nature and his skill as a storyteller. Comment on works: religious

Names:
	Marmion, Simon (preferred,V,index,Dutch-P,NA)
	Simon Marmion (V,display)
	Louthe Master (V)
	Marimion, Simone (V)
	Simon Mormion (V)	....	name as found in an inscription on a work
	Master of the St Bertin Altar (V)	....	most scholars now attribute the St. Bertin Altar to Marmion
	Marmion, Louthe Master (U)
	Marmion, Master of the St Bertin Altar (U)
	Marmion (LU,U)

Nationalities:
	French (preferred)
	Flemish
	South Netherlandish

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	illuminator
	painter
	panel painter
	illustrator
	miniature painter

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Amiens (Hauts-de-France, France) (inhabited place) Died: Valenciennes (Hauts-de-France, France) (inhabited place)

Events:

active:

1449-1454 Amiens (Hauts-de-France, France) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

influenced ....	Liédet, Loyset
....................	(South Netherlandish illuminator, ca. 1420-1479) [500004252]

teacher of ....	Provoost, Jan
..................	(South Netherlandish painter, ca. 1465-1529) [500022669]

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Persons, Artists

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Marmion, Simon (I)

Biographies:

(French illuminator and panel painter, ca. 1425-1489) ..... [VP Preferred]
(French painter, illuminator, ca.1425-1489) ..... [BHA]
(Flemish painter and illuminator, ca.1425-1489) ..... [GRLPA]
(Flemish, active 1450-1489) ..... [JPGM]
(French painter, ca.1425-1489) ..... [PROV]
(French artist, op.1449-m.1489) ..... [WCP]
(French artist, 1420/1425-1489) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(French illuminator) ..... [Grove Art]
(French artist, ca.1425-1489) ..... [PROV]
(Unknown artist) ..... [GRISC]
(French illustrator, 1420-1489) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

Louthe Master ........	[GRLPA, VP]
............................	Hindman, Marmion, Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte (1977)

Marimion, Simone ........	[VP]
..................................	Associazione storico-culturale S. Agostino (2002-) accessed 2 September 2004

Marmion ........	[PROV]
.................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Marmion, Louthe Master ........	[Grove Art]
.............................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)

Marmion, Master of the St Bertin Altar ........	[Grove Art]
.......................................................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)

Marmion, Simon ........	[BHA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, JPGM Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
..............................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..............................	J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
..............................	M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
..............................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
..............................	RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
..............................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 52750
..............................	Witt Library, Authority files

Master of the St Bertin Altar ........	[VP]
......................................................	Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) "Marmion, Simon," accessed 1 September 2004

Simon Marmion ........	[GRISC, Grove Art, PROV, VP]
............................	Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
............................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
............................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Simon Mormion ........	[VP]
............................	Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 2 September 2004


Note:
English	..........	[PROV, VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 2 September 2004
	..........	J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 2 September 2004
	..........	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

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