Artists
Jean Clouet
- Country:
- France
- Birth year:
- 1480
- Death year:
- 1541
Jean Clout (c. 1480 Brussels or Tours-c. 1540/41, Paris), also called Jean Janet, worked at first in Tours, where he was in the service of Francis from 1516. In the 1520s he worked at the king's court in Paris, becoming first painter to the king in 1533. In his artworks, which are influenced by Dutch art, he combines elements of the Gothic and early Renaissance styles. He was equally inspired by both the School of Fontainebleau and the Italian Mannerists. Although no work can be definitely credited to him even now, some paintings have been ascribed to his name on the basis of existing portrait drawings. There are no religious works documented as being from his hand. Works most likely by the artist include The Man with the Book by Patriarch, 1530. Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace; and Portrait of Guilaume Bude, 1535, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.