CLOUET, Jean
(b. 1485/90, Bruxelles, d. 1541, Paris)

Jean de la Barre

c. 1520
Black and red chalk, 284 x 200 mm
Musée Condé, Chantilly

Jean Clouet made his reputation at the court of the French king Francis I, but he may have learned in Flanders his distinct realism and use of chalks.