# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brussels-initials-master
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:09:14.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brussels-initials-master"
name: "Brussels Initials Master"
slug: "brussels-initials-master"
description: "The Master of the Brussels Initials, previously identified with Zebo da Firenze, was a manuscript illuminator active mainly in Paris. He brought Italian influences to French manuscript illumination and in that way played an important role in the development of the so-called International Gothic style. Decorations by the artist appear in several different works, illustrated by several different artists, and some attributions have been questioned. A corpus of works attributable to the Master of the Brussels Initials was initially identified by art historians Otto Pächt and Millard Meiss. The artist's style was inventive, bright and lively, and G. Evelyn Hutchinson has also pointed out the unusually realistic depictions of minute wildlife found in his work. John, Duke of Berry, one of the greatest bibliophiles of the Middle Ages, commissioned works from the Master of the Brussels Initials."
tagline: "Medieval manuscript illustrator, was active from around 1390-1420"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Master_of_the_Brussels_Initials_(Italian%2C_active_about_1389_-_1410)_-_Christ_in_Majesty%3B_Initial_A-_A_Man_Lifting_His_Soul_to_God_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1400"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           39.96
  momentum:             10.15068096203999
  historical:           5.871310666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_de_las_Iniciales_de_Bruselas"
    title: "Maestro de las Iniciales de Bruselas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meister_der_Br%C3%BCsseler_Initialen"
    title: "Meister der Brüsseler Initialen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Brussels_Initials"
    title: "Master of the Brussels Initials"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistrz_Inicja%C5%82%C3%B3w_Brukselskich"
    title: "Mistrz Inicjałów Brukselskich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AEtre_des_Initiales_de_Bruxelles"
    title: "Maître des Initiales de Bruxelles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meester_van_de_Brusselse_initialen"
    title: "Meester van de Brusselse initialen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1918339"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump