François Clouet is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names, as Clouet, François, with a biographical note describing a French draftsman and painter who died in 1572. The Getty record lists his roles as painter, draftsman, portraitist, miniature painter, court painter and court artist, and gives his culture or style terms as French and South Netherlandish. It carries 27 name forms, among them Janet and Janet le jeune, and the identifier 500015977. In this atlas he is linked as the maker of the portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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One of his most remarkable portraits is that of Mary, Queen of Scots, a drawing in chalks in the Bibliothèque Nationale, and of similar character are the two portraits of Charles IX and the one at Chantilly of Marguerite of France.
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François Clouet (c. 1510 – 22 December 1572), son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family.
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Born: Tours (Centre region, France) (inhabited place)
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Like his father, he held the office of groom of the chamber and painter in ordinary to the king, and so far as salary is concerned, he started where his father left off.
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was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter
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François Clouet (c. 1510-22 December 1572), son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family.
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