Jean Clouet was a French painter of the first half of the 16th century, court artist to Francis I and a leading figure of the Fontainebleau school. He is regarded as the founder of Renaissance portraiture in France and the greatest portraitist of his time.
Jean Clouet’s work is associated with the flourishing of the French Renaissance, when he produced official portraits of the royal family and nobility. In his paintings, Clouet employed precise contour lines, delicate layers of paint, and meticulous attention to detail. His portraits are marked by noble elegance, profound psychological insight, and a careful rendering of his sitters’ individual features.
The master’s most celebrated works include the official portraits of King Francis I and Marguerite of Navarre, distinguished by their extraordinary detail and a sense of intimacy that was highly unusual in court portraiture of the time. Today, Jean Clouet’s paintings can be found in major museums worldwide, including the Louvre in Paris, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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