Jean+Clouet

==** Jean Clouet  **, (born //c.// 1485—died //c.// 1540), was a Renaissance portrait painter renowned for the depth and gracefulness of his characterization. Although he lived in France most of his life, he was not of French origin He was one of the chief painters to Francis I as early as 1516. In the early 1520s he lived in Tours and from 1529 in Paris. He mainly painted portraits, but, he also produced religious subjects (a “St. Jerome” in 1522; designs for the “Four Evangelists,” 1523). ==

== His drawings are simple and restrained and his paintings are fresh in color. His works show the characteristics of Flemish fundamental techniques, the acute analysis of the individual which is a French influence and also, the monumental composition of Italian Renaissance portraiture. ==