His grandfather had fostered an important school of sculpture in Flanders and Burgundy, which culminated in the superb statues still existing at Dijon.

Like his brother the Duke of Berry, he had given work to a number of miniature painters.

The Count of Holland also employed some wonderful miniature painters to beautify a manuscript for him.

This manuscript and one made for the Duke of Berry were among the finest ever painted so far as the pictures in them are concerned.

The Count of Holland's book used to be in the library at Turin, where it was burnt a few years ago, so we can see it no more.