Jean Bourdichon
French painter
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| Intro | French painter | |
| A.K.A. | Jehan Bourdichon | |
| A.K.A. | Jehan Bourdichon | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Engraver Painter Illuminator | |
| Work field | Arts Creativity | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1457, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France | |
| Death | 1 January 1521Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France (aged 64 years) |
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Biography
Jean Bourdichon (1457 or 1459 – 1521) was a miniature 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, Charles VIII of France, Louis XII of France and Francis I of France. He was probably born in Tours, and was a pupil of Jehan Fouquet. He died in Tours.
One of Bourdichon's most famous works is the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany.