Van Limburg brothers 1375 – 1416

The Multiplication of Bread and Fish

illuminated manuscript — 1413-16 Museum Musée Condé, Chantilly

Van Limburg brothers biography

This work is linked to Mark 6:41

Also known as the Feeding of the Multitude.

Folio 168v of Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. A boy presents five loafs of bread and two fish to Jesus, who will then feed the crowd. God supervises from heaven.

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