About this artwork
This aristocratic lady, shown in three-quarter view, rests her hands on a ledge, enhancing the illusion that she appears to exist in believable space. It also draws attention to her many rings. The portrait was probably painted in 1525, the year that Marie d’Acigné married Jean de Crequi, sire de Canaples. The painting is close in character to a drawing by Clouet (now in Chantilly) which bears an inscription identifying the sitter as Madame de Canaples, a lady at the court of François I.
Updated January 2023
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artist:Jean Clouet (about 1485/90 - about 1540/41) French
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title:Marie d’Acigné, Madame de Canaples
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date created:About 1525
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:36.00 x 28.50 cm; Framed: 49.20 x 42.20 x 7.50 cm
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credit line:Bequest of the 11th Marquess of Lothian 1941
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accession number:NG 1930
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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...
