Jean Cousin the Younger (1522-1595) 

• Was a French Painter.
• He was born in Sens, France around 1522.
• He was the son of the famous painter and sculptor Jean Cousin the Elder.
• Having trained to become an artist under his father.
• Just before his death, Jean the Elder published his noted work Livre de Perspective in 1560 in which he noted that his son would soon be publishing a companion entitled, Livre de Pourtraicture.

• While there have been some reports that an edition of Livre de Pourtraicture was first printed in 1571 and again in 1589, no copies appear to exist.

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