François Clouet

François Clouet
Léonard Gaultier, Public domain

(1510–1572) fransk målare

François Clouet (France, 1510–1572) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, François Clouet belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

François Clouet was born in Tours and died in Paris. François Clouet worked in Paris and Flanders. The students included Jean Ducayer.

The best-known works include ‘Charles IX’ and ‘Portrait of Henry II’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 63 works by François Clouet with free images. The dated works span the years 1540–1600. Works by François Clouet are held by several collections, among them Condé Museum, Département des peintures du Louvre, Royal Collection, and National Galleries Scotland. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Léonard Limousin, Giovanni Battista Franco, Jean Goujon, Mirza Ali, and Mir Sayyid Ali.