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Jean Clouet

1480 - 1541

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Jean (or Janet or Jehannot) Clouet (c. 1485 – 1540/1541) was a painter, draughtsman and miniaturist from the Burgundian Netherlands whose known active work period took place in France. He was court painter to French king Francis I. Together with his son François Clouet he is counted among the leading 16th century portrait painters working in France. They are particularly known for their accomplished drawings, using black chalk and pure red chalk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Clouet is the 509th most popular painter (down from 476th in 2019), the 1,540th most popular biography from France (down from 1,466th in 2019) and the 101st most popular French Painter.

Jean Clouet was a French painter and draftsman. He was born in Tours and died in Paris. He was the son of Jean Clouet, a painter and miniaturist who worked in Tours for the court of Francis I. Clouet was the most famous French artist of his time, and is best known for his portraits of the French court.

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Among painters, Jean Clouet ranks 509 out of 2,023. Before him are Jan Lievens, Antonis Mor, Peter Fendi, Willem van Aelst, Ivan Bilibin, and Fernand Cormon. After him are Zinaida Serebriakova, Dirck van Baburen, Pompeo Batoni, Frank Stella, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Vasily Surikov.

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Among people born in 1480, Jean Clouet ranks 20. Before him are Dosso Dossi, Palma Vecchio, Salaì, Marcantonio Raimondi, Juan de Grijalva, and Sebastián de Belalcázar. After him are Stańczyk, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Charlotte of Albret, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, António de Abreu, and Pir Sultan Abdal. Among people deceased in 1541, Jean Clouet ranks 8. Before him are Francisco Pizarro, Margaret Tudor, Pedro de Alvarado, Johann Georg Faust, Gazi Husrev-beg, and Henry IV, Duke of Saxony. After him are Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Francysk Skaryna, Bernard van Orley, Andreas Karlstadt, Fernando de Rojas, and Juan de Valdés.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Clouet ranks 1,540 out of 6,770. Before him are André Claveau (1911), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824), Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709), Eugène Tisserant (1884), and Fernand Cormon (1845). After him are Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), Louis Marchand (1669), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554), Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), and Bertrand Tavernier (1941).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean Clouet ranks 101. Before him are Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Ernest Meissonier (1815), Séraphine Louis (1864), Eugène Atget (1857), Arman (1928), and Fernand Cormon (1845). After him are Nicolas de Largillière (1656), André Lhote (1885), Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), Bernard Buffet (1928), and Françoise Gilot (1921).

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