Jean Fouquet

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Jean Fouquet was a pioneering 15th-century French painter and manuscript illuminator known for blending Gothic traditions with early Renaissance realism and perspective.

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Jean Bourdichon 1
Jean Fouquet canonical 1

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instanceOf French artist
human
manuscript illuminator
painter
activeYears mid-15th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth circa 1420
dateOfDeath circa 1481
employer Charles VII of France NERFINISHED
Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins NERFINISHED
Louis XI of France NERFINISHED
Étienne Chevalier NERFINISHED
familyName Fouquet NERFINISHED
gender male
genre illuminated manuscript miniatures
portrait
religious painting
givenName Jean NERFINISHED
hasCanonicalName Jean Fouquet NERFINISHED
influenced French Renaissance painting
influencedBy Fra Angelico NERFINISHED
Italian Renaissance art
Masaccio NERFINISHED
movement Early Renaissance NERFINISHED
Gothic art NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage French
notableFor combining Gothic traditions with Renaissance realism
early use of linear perspective in French painting
highly detailed manuscript illumination
innovative portraiture of French royalty
notableWork Book of Hours of Simon de Varie (miniatures attributed) NERFINISHED
Hours of Étienne Chevalier NERFINISHED
Melun Diptych NERFINISHED
Portrait of Charles VII NERFINISHED
Portrait of Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins
Self-portrait miniature (Louvre medallion) NERFINISHED
The Left Wing of the Melun Diptych NERFINISHED
The Right Wing of the Melun Diptych NERFINISHED
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels NERFINISHED
occupation manuscript illuminator
miniaturist
painter
partOf French court artists of Charles VII NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Tours NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Tours NERFINISHED
studiedIn Italy NERFINISHED
workLocation Paris
Rome
Tours NERFINISHED

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this entity surface form: Jean Bourdichon