ab. 1548 Attributed to François Clouet - Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Chatillon
(Condé Museum)
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Miniature, ca. 1558, French.
Portraying Mary Queen of Scots in a pink dress.
By François Clouet
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François Clouet: Retrato de Isabel de Austria, esposa de Carlos IX de Francia (ca. 1571)
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François Clouet, King Charles IX of France, 1569 x
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François Clouet (FR, 1510 - 1572)
Dame au bain (A Lady in Her Bath), ca. 1571 [detail]. Oil on oak wood 92.3 × 81.2 cm (36.3 × 31.9 in) Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The allegorical analysis of many details (ironic presence of the unicorn; bowl of fruit, symbol of sensual gluttony with the bunch of grapes, red carnation symbol of her multiple engagements) suggests that the bare-breasted woman is Mary Stuart whose sentimental deviations were the laughingstock of all Europe.)
The painting could also be an allegory of the three theological virtues: the child would be hope, the nurse would be nourishing faith and the naked woman would be charity.
The National Gallery writes:
The masklike symmetry of the bather's face makes exact identification difficult; scholars have suggested that her aristocratic features indicate that she is one of several royal mistresses of Henry II, most notable among them Diane de Poitiers. It is possible that the nude, a Venus type, represents ideal beauty rather than a specific individual. The contrast of the smoothly rendered nude figure to the intricate surface details of the fruit, draperies, and jewelry, presents a union of Flemish and Italian motifs that characterized French courtly art of the sixteenth century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lady_in_Her_Bath
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François Clouet - "The Love Letter", ca. 1570.
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François Clouet (French, c.1510-1572)
Duchesse de Lorraine et de Nemours, Anne d'Este Gisors
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François Clouet - The Love Letter - 1570 - Oil on panel
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ab. 1559 François Clouet - Elizabeth of Valois
(Toledo Museum of Art)
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1:03 pm : "Portrait de Charles IX, entre 1561 et 1572" par François Clouet (Huile sur panneau) pour l'exposition "Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Bemberg" à la fondation de l'Hermitage - Lausanne, Mai MMXXI.
(© Sous Ecstasy)
François Clouet succède, à son père Jean Clouet comme portraitiste et dessinateur à la cour des Valois. Apprécié et protégé par la reine Catherine de Médicis, il dirige un atelier prospère auquel il transmet les inventions stylistiques de son père. On ne connaît de François Clouet que très peu d'oeuvres signées, dont justement un dessin, date de 1566, figurant Charles IX, très jeune roi aux traits sensibles, monté sur le trône à l'âge de dix ans. Présenté ici en buste et de trois quarts, richement vêtu, il regarde le spectateur dans les yeux. François Clouet est l'un des artistes les plus habiles dans ce type de portrait de la monarchie, un genre où prime l'objective des traits, mais dans lequel il réussit néanmoins à insuffler une saisissante finesse émotionnelle.
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Clouet: Henrique III, rei de Francia e de Polonia
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"Three Females Musicians".
Painted c.1530-1540.
Probably by François Clouet. (François I court?)
Public domain.
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