Jean Bourdichon
Jean Bourdichon (1457 or 1459 – 1521) was a French painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century, in the reigns of Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I. He was probably born in Tours, and was a pupil of Jean Fouquet. He died in Tours.
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Jean Bourdichon
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- Died
- 1521.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter and illuminator.
- Known for
- Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany.
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Jean Bourdichon (1457 or 1459 – 1521) was a French painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century, in the reigns of Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I. He was probably born in Tours, and was a pupil of Jean Fouquet. He died in Tours.
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Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Two of Bourdichon's most famous works are the Hours of Louis XII (now dispersed, begun 1498) and the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany for Louis's queen.
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Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1457
Jean Bourdichon was born in 1457.
1521
Jean Bourdichon died at Tours.
Paintings
Portrait of Saint Francis of Paola, sent by king Francis I to pope Leo X, engraved by Michel Lasne. Triptych of the Virgin and Child between Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist, oil on panel, 114 x 150 cm, Certosa di San Martino, Naples. Entombment of Christ, oil on panel, église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul, Gonesse or by an imitator of Bourdichon and Jean Poyer. Diptych of Christ Blessing and Virgin in Prayer (Vierge en oraison), oil on panel, Musée des beaux-arts de Tours. Vierge en oraison, oil on panel, Sam Fogg collection, London, formerly in Riga.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q348333: Jean Bourdichon
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- “Jean Bourdichon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Bourdichon, Jean (1457–1521), Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art, 2016
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2016
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- 1.Jean Bourdichon Brief Bio. Answers.com.
- 2.Jean Fouquet Brief Bio.
- 3.database
- 4.Girault, Pierre-Gilles. Jean Bourdichon, brillant peintre des rois. Dossier de l'art. 193. 32-37. February 2012.
- 5.Charron, Pascale. Jean Bourdichon et atelier, Christ bénissant et Vierge en oraison. Dossier de l'art. 193. 40-43. February 2012.
- 6.Taburet-Delahaye, Élisabeth. France 1500 : Entre Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. RMN. 264. 2010. 978-2-7118-5699-2.
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