Jean de Beaumetz
Illustration — Christ on the Cross with a Praying Carthusian Monk, ca. Now at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Recorded to have been "painter and valet" to Philip the Bold, for whom he painted numerous works, and decorated, among other chapels, that of the Castle of Argilli, in Burgundy.
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Jean de Beaumetz

Jean de Beaumetz · Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork wga QS:P11807,"/j/jean/beaumetz/christ_c" · Public domain
- Born
- Jean de Beaumetz was born in 1335.
- Died
- Jean de Beaumetz died on 1 January 1396. · Burgundy.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Christ on the Cross with a Praying Carthusian Monk, ca. Now at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Recorded to have been "painter and valet" to Philip the Bold, for whom he painted numerous works, and decorated, among other chapels, that of the Castle of Argilli, in Burgundy.
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Some of his mural paintings are still preserved at château de Germolles. Employed by his patron from about 1375 to 1395. • Illustration — Mural paintings of the dressing room of Margaret of Bavaria, château de Germolles, realised by the workshop of Jean de Beaumetz, from 1389
The recorded working language is French. Work by Jean de Beaumetz is recorded in the collections of Cleveland Museum of Art.

Calvary with a Carthusian Monk, 1389–95, by Jean de Beaumetz
Jean de Beaumetz · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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1335
Jean de Beaumetz born at Beaumetz-lès-Loges.
1396
Jean de Beaumetz died on 16 October 1396.
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Jean de Beaumetz was born at Beaumetz-lès-Loges.
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Jean de Beaumetz died at Burgundy.
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- 1.The Cultural Landscape of Burgundy — elsewhereonline.com.au
- 2.« Princes mécènes » Maïna Masson, conservateur du patrimoine, page consultée le 25/04/2008
- 3.La Tribune de l'art Didier Rykner : Exposition L'art à la cour de Bourgogne (2004), page consultée le 25/04/2008
- 4.Patrice Beck, Vie de cour en Bourgogne à la fin du Moyen Age, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, A. Sutton, 2002.
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