Jean Bourdichon (1457 or 1459 – 1521) was a French painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century, in the reigns of

Louis XI of France Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the ...

Charles VIII of France Charles VIII, called the Affable (; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13. His elder sister Anne acted as regent jointly with her husband Peter II, Du ...

Louis XII of France Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), also known as Louis of Orléans was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples (as Louis III) from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second ...

, and

Francis I of France Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ...

. He was probably born in

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, and was a pupil of Jean Fouquet. He died in Tours.

Paintings

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* ''Portrait of

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'', sent by king Francis I to

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Leo X, engraved by Michel Lasne. * '' Triptych of the Virgin and Child between Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist'', oil on panel, 114 x 150 cm, Certosa di San Martino,

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. * ''Entombment of Christ'', oil on panel, église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul, Gonesse or by an imitator of Bourdichon and Jean Poyer. *Diptych of ''Christ Blessing'' and '' Virgin in Prayer (Vierge en oraison)'', oil on panel, Musée des beaux-arts de Tours. *''Vierge en oraison'', oil on panel, Sam Fogg collection,

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, formerly in

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. Christ bénissant-Tours.jpg, ''Christ Blessing'', Musée des beaux-arts de Tours. Vierge en oraison de Tours.jpg, ', Musée des beaux-arts de Tours. Vierge en oraison de Riga.jpg, ''Vierge en oraison'', Sam Fogg collection, London.

Manuscripts

Two of Bourdichon's most famous works are the Hours of Louis XII (now dispersed, begun 1498) and the

Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany The Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany (''Les Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne'' in French) is a Book of Hours, book of hours, commissioned by Anne of Brittany, Queen of France to two kings in succession, and Illuminated manuscript, illuminated ...

for Louis's queen.

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1450s births 1521 deaths French manuscript illuminators 15th-century French painters French male painters 16th-century French painters {{France-painter-stub

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