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Corneille de Lyon BIOGRAPHY
1500 The Hague - 1575 Lyons. Known for: Painting.
Born in The Hague around the turn of the century, Corneille de Lyon is documented in the city whose name has since become his own from 1533 until his death in 1575. Like his predecessor Jean Perréal... Read full biography
Born in The Hague around the turn of the century, Corneille de Lyon is documented in the city whose name has since become his own from 1533 until his death in 1575. Like his predecessor Jean Perréal (c. 1460-1530), portraitist to Charles VIII and Louis XII and the most prominent member of the Lyon... Read full biography
Born in The Hague around the turn of the century, Corneille de Lyon is documented in the city whose name has since become his own from 1533 until his death in 1575. Like his predecessor Jean Perréal (c. 1460-1530), portraitist to Charles VIII and Louis XII and the most prominent member of the Lyon artist’s guild, Corneille specialized in intimately-sized bust-length portraits painted in just a few sittings, often without preparatory drawings. The artist set his elegant sitters against uniform... Read full biography
Born in The Hague around the turn of the century, Corneille de Lyon is documented in the city whose name has since become his own from 1533 until his death in 1575. Like his predecessor Jean Perréal (c. 1460-1530), portraitist to Charles VIII and Louis XII and the most prominent member of the Lyon artist’s guild, Corneille specialized in intimately-sized bust-length portraits painted in just a few sittings, often without preparatory drawings. The artist set his elegant sitters against uniform backgrounds, blue or green in color, the latter being the most common and ranging from vibrant lime to more subdued olive. Images of great presence and immediacy, these works became extremely popular among Lyon’s patrician elite and members of the... Read full biography
Born in The Hague around the turn of the century, Corneille de Lyon is documented in the city whose name has since become his own from 1533 until his death in 1575. Like his predecessor Jean Perréal (c. 1460-1530), portraitist to Charles VIII and Louis XII and the most prominent member of the Lyon artist’s guild, Corneille specialized in intimately-sized bust-length portraits painted in just a few sittings, often without preparatory drawings. The artist set his elegant sitters against uniform backgrounds, blue or green in color, the latter being the most common and ranging from vibrant lime to more subdued olive. Images of great presence and immediacy, these works became extremely popular among Lyon’s patrician elite and members of the royal family who traveled through that city, including Catherine de’ Medici and her husband, the Dauphin... Read full biography
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Born in The Hague around the turn of the century, Corneille de Lyon is documented in the city whose name has since become his own from 1533 until his death in 1575. Like his predecessor Jean Perréal (c. 1460-1530), portraitist to Charles VIII and Louis XII and the most prominent member of the Lyon artist’s guild, Corneille specialized in intimately-sized bust-length portraits painted in just a few sittings, often without preparatory drawings.
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