Определение jean clouet в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
born 1485 died 1540, Paris, Fr. French painter. He was chief painter to Francis I and produced many pastel portraits of members of the French court. Clouet was one of the best 16th-century portrait painters, both incisive and delicate in the psychological characterization of sitters. His drawings are simple, broad, and subtle; his paintings are fresh in colour, subdued in modeling, and minute in execution. He was celebrated in his lifetime as the equal of Michelangelo. His son François Clouet ( 1515-72) took his place as official painter to Francis I in 1540