The Master of Wavrin or Master of Jean Wavrin, Wavrin Master (and other variants), was a French painter and manuscript illuminator

Illuminated manuscript

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 active in the region of Lille

Lille

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 in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. His name is derived from that of Jean de Wavrin, counselor to Philip III of Burgundy, for whom he seems to have worked. His illustrations, on paper or card, are colored with watercolor, and are held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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 as well as in collections in Lille, Brussels

Brussels

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, and Ghent

Ghent

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He is not to be confused with another illuminator known as the Master of the London Wavrin.