Maître François (XV century - XV century)

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Maître François

Maître François was a French illustrator who worked in Paris in the 1460s-1480s.

The identity of Maître François as an artist is first mentioned in a letter written by Robert Gauguin in 1473. Most of the prestigious commissions from the court and leading ecclesiastical figures of the time were carried out in François' studio. In Paris in the second half of the fifteenth century, one can trace the predominant style of illumination by the works of Master Jean Rolin, Maître François, and Master Jacques de Besançon. Bibliophiles close to the royal court encouraged the work of miniaturists through private commissions. In particular, Jacques d'Armagnac owned six manuscripts of Maitre Francois and his entourage.

Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium was very popular in the 15th century, where the author retells the fates and downfalls of famous personalities from the Bible, antiquity and medieval history, ending with Boccaccio's own contemporaries in 14th-century Florence. For a long time this book was even more famous and successful than Boccaccio's Decameron. The text was translated into French in 1409 for Jean, Duke de Berry, by his secretary Laurent Premieffe. And the illustrations for the book were later created in the workshop of the then respected Maître François.

Date and place of birt:XV century, Paris, France
Date and place of death:XV century, Paris, France
Nationality:France
Period of activity: XV century
Specialization:Artist, Illustrator, Miniaturist
Genre:Genre art, Religious genre

Creators France

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Robert Humblot (1907 - 1962)
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Igor Mitoraj (1944 - 2014)
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Pierre-Denis Martin (1663 - 1742)
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Emmanuel Mané-Katz (1894 - 1962)
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Caroline Courtin (1819 - 1875)
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Georges Noël (1924 - 2010)
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Florence Henri (1893 - 1982)
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François Morellet (1926 - 2016)
François Morellet
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Théo Tobiasse (1927 - 2012)
Théo Tobiasse
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François Flameng (1856 - 1923)
François Flameng
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Guillaume Bruère (1976)
Guillaume Bruère
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Charles Octave Levy (1820 - 1899)
Charles Octave Levy
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Leopold Gottlieb (1883 - 1934)
Leopold Gottlieb
1883 - 1934
Xavier Oriach (1927)
Xavier Oriach
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Philippe Bertrand (1664 - 1724)
Philippe Bertrand
1664 - 1724
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