Artist

Jean Clouet

Portrait of Jean Clouet
Portrait of Jean Clouet

Flemish-French, 1480–1541

Jean Clouet was a Flemish-French Northern Renaissance artist. 9 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jean Clouet was born in Brussels.

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 his son François Clouet he is counted among the leading 16th century portrait painters working in France. They are particularly known for their accomplished drawings, using black chalk and pure red chalk.

Works by Jean Clouet

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