French painter born in Tours, court portraitist who developed a highly polished and sensual style in the art of portraiture and distinguished himself with allegorical portraits. The son of another famous French painter, also chief portraitist at the court Jean Clouet (1485-1541), he became a of representatives of mannerism, naturalism taken to the maximum of details and effects, of the School of Fontainebleau.
After his father's death, he succeeded him as chief court portraitist (1541) and, although he left a better documented work than that of her father, part of the authorship of the family work, is dubious in authorship, as both used the same nickname during their career: Janet. For example, one of the best works attributed to him, the famous portrait of the French king Francis I, Portrait de François 1er do Département des Peintures, Musee de Louvre, showing the king dressed in a luxurious gold doublet, was also credited to his father Jean. Essentially a portraitist, his duly signed works showed more Italian traits than any of his father's paintings.
He died in Paris and his most famous and known paintings today are the portrait of Pierre Quthe (1562) and the mysterious and captivating allegorical work The madame in his bath (1570) also known as Diane, as she is traditionally identified as representing Diane de Poitiers, although many researchers find resemblance to Marie Touchet, wife of Charles IX. Several drawings are also attributed, mainly those found in the Musée Condé, in Chantilly. Other prized paintings are François I, King of France (1540), Charles IX of France (1561) and Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1571).
Picture copied from JANET page:
http://clouet.dessins.free.fr/clouet.htm
Source: http://www.dec.ufcg.edu.br/biografias/
Order F - Biography - Brazil School
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/biografia/francois-clouet.htm
