Jean Clouet
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Jean Clouet was a painter, draughtsman and miniaturist from the Burgundian Netherlands whose known active work period took place in France. He was court painter to French king Francis I. Together with
Portrait of Jean Clouet
Jean Clouet with possibly assistance of François Clouet, Francis I of France, c. 1530, oil on panel, Louvre.
Jean Clouet, Portrait of Marguerite d'Angoulême, ca. 1530
Portrait of Francis I as Saint John the Baptist, 1518, Louvre.
Francis I of France
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Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis X
Jean Clouet
…draughtsman and miniaturist from the Burgundian Netherlands whose known active work period took place in France. He was court painter to French king Francis I. Together with his son François Clouet he is counted among the leading 16th century portrait painters working in France. They are particularly known…
Francis I painted in 1515
Francis I receiving the last breath of Leonardo da Vinci in 1519, by Ingres, painted in 1818
Francis's Château de Chambord displays a distinct French Renaissance architecture.