1527
unspecified
From the collection of University of Cyprus
Portrait of Marguerite d'Angoulême, queen of Navarre is a 1527 unspecified by Jean Clouet, a French Classical Baroque work, held at University of Cyprus.
This painting shows a woman sitting with a book. She's dressed in fancy clothes and has a calm face. The woman in the painting, Marguerite d'Angoulême, was a well-educated queen who supported people who wanted to change the Catholic Church. She helped people like Lefèvre d'Etaples, who had new ideas about faith. This makes her an interesting person in history. The painting gives us a glimpse of what she might have looked like. You can learn more about the style of this painting by looking at the work of artist: Jean Clouet.
Jean Clouet was a painter, draughtsman and miniaturist from the Burgundian Netherlands whose known active work period took place in France.
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