Jacques Daret (c. 1404 – c. 1470) was an Early Netherlandish painter born in

Tournai Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Eurome ...

(Doornik; now in

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), where he would spend much of his life. Daret spent 15 years as a pupil in the studio of

Robert Campin Robert Campin (c. 1375 – 26 April 1444), now usually identified with the Master of Flémalle (earlier the Master of the Merode Triptych, before the discovery of three other similar panels), was the first great master of Early Netherlandish paint ...

, alongside Rogier or Rogelet de le Pasture (assumed by scholars to be

Rogier van der Weyden Rogier van der Weyden () or Roger de la Pasture (1399 or 140018 June 1464) was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits. He was highly ...

), and afterwards became a master in his own right. He became a favorite of the Burgundian court, and his patron for 20 years was the abbot of St. Vaast in

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, Jean de Clercq. Though many works of Daret are mentioned in Jean de Clercq's account books, only four panels have survived: all are from the so-called ''Arras Altarpiece'' or ''Saint-Vaast Altarpiece'', painted for the abbot between 1433 and 1435. These paintings show a striking resemblance to the

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of the Master of Flémalle. This is argued by most scholars to be evidence that the Master of Flémalle was Daret's master, Robert Campin. Daret features rather more in the art historical debates over his period than the merit of his work alone would justify because he is relatively well-documented, and in particular can be securely identified as the creator of the altarpiece mentioned above, as well as a pupil of Campin. The stylistic similarity between him and the Master of Flémalle is therefore crucial evidence in the identification of the latter with Campin. This then becomes an important connection in establishing a link between Robert Campin/the Master of Flémalle and his other major pupil, Rogier van der Weyden.

Arras Altarpiece

Daret's four surviving securely identified works, all from the ''Arras Altarpiece'', are the ''Visitation'' and ''

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'' (both

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), the '' Nativity'' (

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, Madrid), and the ''

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'' (

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, Paris). File:DARET Jacques Visitation.jpg, The Visitation, by Jacques Daret, c. 1434 File:Daret-nativity-1922.jpg, The Nativity, by Jacques Daret c. 1434 File:Jacques Daret 001.jpg, Adoration of the Magi, by Jacques Daret c. 1434 File:Jacques Daret - Altarpiece of the Virgin - WGA05934.jpg, Presentation in the Temple, by Jacques Daret c. 1434

External links

''Learned Reading, Vernacular Seeing: Jacques Daret's Presentation in the Temple'', Art Bulletin, The, Sept, 2000 by Penny Howell JollyWorks of Jacques Daret at the Art Renewal Center
* ttp://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/d/daret/index.html Web Gallery of Art: Paintings by Jacques Daret {{DEFAULTSORT:Daret, Jacques Early Netherlandish painters 1400s births 1470s deaths Artists from Tournai Arts in the court of Philip the Good