Jean Clouet


Name
Jean Clouet
Life Dates
c.1485?-1540
Country
France
Movement
Mannerism

Jean Clouet Biography

The origins, training, life and work of the French portraitist Jean (also Jehan, Janet) Clouet lie largely in the dark. He was probably born in Flanders, and perhaps was the son of Jehan Clouet (c. 1420-c.1480), a Flemish painter, who came to France as court painter to the Duke of Burgundy. Jean Clouet, on moving to France, rose to the position of a court painter...


Jean Clouet 4 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

  • Jean Clouet. Portrait of L'amiral Bonnivet.
    Portrait Of L'Amiral Bonnivet.

    c.1516. Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.

  • Jean Clouet. Portrait of Francis I.
    Portrait Of Francis I.

    c.1520-25. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.

  • Jean Clouet. Portrait of Guillaume Budé.
    Portrait Of Guillaume Budé.

    c.1535-36. Oil on wood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Read Note.

  • Jean Clouet. Portrait of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise.
    Portrait Of Claude Of Lorraine, Duke Of Guise.

    Oil on wood. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. Read Note.

Jean Clouet Bibliography

Clouet. by N. Maltseva. Moscow. 1963. (in Russian)

Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.

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