Enguerrand Quarton, also spelled Charonton (c. 1410 to c. 1466), was a French painter and manuscript illuminator whose few surviving works are among the first masterpieces of a distinctively French style, different from both Italian and Early Netherlandish painting. Only two of his six documented paintings survive, the Coronation of the Virgin and The Virgin of Mercy, and the Louvre now follows most art historians in attributing to him the famous Avignon Pietà as well. Two smaller altarpieces are also attributed to him.
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Quarton was born in the diocese of Laon in northern France
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Six paintings by him are documented, of which only two survive, and in addition the Louvre now follows most art historians in attributing to him the famous Avignon Pietà. 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).
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Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is an oil painting of the mid-15th century that is considered one of the outstanding works of art of the late Middle Ages. Following its appearance at an exhibition in 1904 its authorship was disput
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