Jean Clouet
Françoise de Foix, Dame de Châteaubriant
About this artwork
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artist:Jean ClouetFrench (about 1485/90 - about 1540/41)
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title:Françoise de Foix, Dame de Châteaubriant
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date created:1520 - 1530
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workshop of:Jean ClouetFrench (about 1485/90 - about 1540/41)
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materials:Chalk on paper
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credit line:Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Galleries of Scotland, 2022
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accession number:PG 3826.4
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Jean Clouet
Jean Clouet
Clouet became chief painter to the French court and was required to produce a wide variety of works, including elegant, meticulously detailed royal portraits. In this respect he may have been following an established family tradition, for his father was probably painter to the Duke of Burgundy. The...
