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Jean Clouet

1480 - 1541

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Jean (or Janet) Clouet (1480–1541) was a miniaturist and painter who worked in France during the High Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Clouet has received more than 148,082 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jean Clouet is the 476th most popular painter (down from 448th in 2019), the 1,466th most popular biography from France (down from 1,434th in 2019) and the 100th most popular French Painter.

Jean Clouet was a French painter and draftsman. He was born in Tours and died in Paris. He was the son of Jean Clouet, a painter and miniaturist who worked in Tours for the court of Francis I. Clouet was the most famous French artist of his time, and is best known for his portraits of the French court.

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  • 24

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  • 7.51

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  • 2.03

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jean Clouet ranks 476 out of 2,023. Before him are Abraham Brueghel, Louise Abbéma, Mariotto Albertinelli, Hannah Höch, Balthasar van der Ast, and Thomas Lawrence. After him are Lyubov Popova, Marià Fortuny, André Lhote, Frits Thaulow, Alesso Baldovinetti, and Mattia Preti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Jean Clouet ranks 18. Before him are Palma Vecchio, Dosso Dossi, Gazi Husrev-beg, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Marcantonio Raimondi, and Salaì. After him are Matrakçı Nasuh, Juan de Grijalva, Stańczyk, Charlotte of Albret, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, and Sebastián de Belalcázar. Among people deceased in 1541, Jean Clouet ranks 10. Before him are Johann Georg Faust, Pedro de Alvarado, Gazi Husrev-beg, Francysk Skaryna, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, and Henry IV, Duke of Saxony. After him are Bernard van Orley, Andreas Karlstadt, Fernando de Rojas, Thomas Culpeper, Juan de Valdés, and Wolfgang Capito.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Clouet ranks 1,466 out of 6,770. Before him are Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Paul Poiret (1879), Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), and Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801). After him are James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670), Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Barbara (1930), and Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean Clouet ranks 100. Before him are Louise Moillon (1610), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Ernest Meissonier (1815), James Tissot (1836), Pierre Puget (1620), and Louise Abbéma (1853). After him are André Lhote (1885), Eugène Atget (1857), Paloma Picasso (1949), Hubert Robert (1733), Arman (1928), and Séraphine Louis (1864).

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