Jean Fouquet
Jean Fouquet
(b Tours, c. 1415–20; d Tours, before 8 Nov 1481).
French painter and illuminator. He is regarded as the most important French painter of the 15th century and was responsible for introducing Italian Renaissance elements into French painting. Little is known of his life, and, apart from a signed self-portrait medallion (Paris, Louvre), his only authenticated work is the Antiquites judaïques (Paris, Bib. N., MS. fr. 247). A corpus of works by Fouquet has therefore been established on the basis of stylistic criteria, but its exact chronology is uncertain.
The Building of a Cathedral
Illumination
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
