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Jean Bourdichon

French miniature painter and manuscript illuminator (c.1457/1459-1521) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jean Bourdichon
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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 of France, Charles VIII of France, Louis XII of France, and Francis I of France.[1] He was probably born in Tours, and was a pupil of Jean Fouquet.[2] He died in Tours.

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Miniature, The Wealthy Man, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
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Paintings

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Triptych of the Virgin and Child between Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist, Certosa di San Martino, Naples.
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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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