Jean Perréal (c. 1455-c. 1530)

• Was a successful French portraitist.
• Perréal was an architect, sculptor and limner of illuminated manuscripts.
• He was active mostly in France and in Italy and London as well.  

• Perréal's major patrons were Charles of Bourbon, King Charles VIII, Louis XII and Francis I, all of France.

• His most remarkable works are often considered to be a portrait of Charles VIII (Musée Condé) and a miniature piece, Pierre Sala, an image of a poet who, like Perréal, was a royal valet de chambre. 

• A letter from Perréal to Margaret of Austria circa 1511 survives describing the relative merits of marble and alabaster, signed 'Jehan Perreal de Paris, votre Valet de Chambre et paintre indigne.'

• He was a designer of tombs, medals, theater scenery and ceremonies, including the marriage of King Louis XII and his second wife Mary Tudor.

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