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Jean (or Jehan) Fouquet (French pronunciation:; c. 1420 –1481) was a French painter and miniaturist. A master of panel painting and manuscript illumination , and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature , he is considered one of the most important painters from the period between the late Gothic and early Renaissance .
Jean Fouquet (born c. 1420, Tours, Fr.—died c. 1481, Tours) was a preeminent French painter of the 15th century. Little is known of Fouquet’s early life, but his youthful work suggests that he was trained in Paris under the Bedford Master.
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Jean (or Jehan) Fouquet (1420–1481) was a preeminent French painter of the 15th century, a master of both panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature. He was the first French artist to travel to Italy and experience first-hand the early Italian Renaissance.
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Jun 8, 2018 · The French court painter and manuscript illuminator Jean Fouquet (ca. 1420-ca. 1480) was the leading 15th-century artist in France and the first painter in northern Europe to be vitally influenced by the Italian Renaissance.
Date: ca. 1452–1460. Medium: Tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Dimensions: leaf: 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (19.4 x 14.6 cm) Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations. Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. Accession Number: 1975.1.2490. Robert Lehman Collection at The Met.
Jean Fouquet (French) The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum comprises Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity; European art from the ...
The finest French painter of the 15th century, whose works are a bridge between French International Gothic and Italian Early Renaissance, Fouquet is noted for his portrait art, as exemplified by Portrait of Charles VII of France (c.1445-50, Louvre), and Portrait of Pope Eugenius IV (now lost); a Book of Hours for Etienne Chevalier (1450-60, Mus...
