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Facts

Born c.1515 or 1520 • Tours • France
Died 1572 • Paris • France
Movement / Style Renaissance

Photos

Portrait of Marguerite de Valois, chalk drawing by François Clouet, c. 1559; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France. 30.1 × 21.1 cm.
François, Duke d'Anjou, portrait by François Clouet, 16th century; in the Condé Museum, Chantilly, Fr.
Catherine de' Medici
Henry II, portrait by François Clouet, 1559; in the Pitti Gallery, Florence
Margaret of Angouleme, detail of a drawing by F. Clouet; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, Fr.
Margaret of Valois
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