Jean (or Janet) Clouet (1480–1541)

• Was a French miniaturist and painter.
• He worked in France during the High Renaissance.
• He was the father of François Clouet.
• The collection of drawings preserved in France attributed to this artist and his school, comprises portraits of all the important persons of the time of Francis I.
• In one album of drawings the portraits are annotated by the king himself, and his merry reflections.
• Definite evidence, however, is still lacking to establish the attribution of the best of these drawings and of certain oil paintings to Jean Clouet.
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