Enguerrand Quarton (c.1410 – c. 1466)
• Was a French painter and manuscript illuminator.
• Quarton was born in the diocese of Laon in northern France.
• He but moved to Provence in 1444, possibly after working in the Netherlands.
• There he worked in Aix-en-Provence, Arles in 1446, and Avignon, where he was based from 1447 until his death there in about 1466.
• Except for some banners, no works by Quarton for René of Anjou, the ruler of most of Provence, are documented.
• Many of Quarton's clients were important figures in René's court and administration, like the Chancellor of Provence who commissioned the Missal of Jean des Martins.
• Six paintings by him are documented, of which only two survive. • His two documented works are the remarkable Coronation of the Virgin (1453–54, Villeneuve-les-Avignon) and The Virgin of Mercy (1452, Musée Condé, Chantilly).
