Jean Fouquet
French painter (c. 1420–1481)
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Updated 2026-05-29
French painter who basically invented the portrait miniature and made the trek to Italy when most of his peers weren't bothering. Bridged late Gothic and early Renaissance like he owned both rooms.
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Jean Fouquet was a French painter and miniaturist. A master of panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature, he is considered one of the most important painters from the period between the late Gothic and early Renaissance. He was the first French artist to travel to Italy and experience first-hand the early Italian Renaissance.
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