Jean de Court

Jean de Court was a painter in painted Limoges enamel and oil painting, who served as official portrait painter to the monarchs of Scotland and France. The de Court dynasty of enamel painters ran a workshop making Limoges enamel over several generations in Limoges in south-western France.

In 1567, he is recorded as court painter of Mary Queen of Scots, although it is not clear if he had actually accompanied her to Scotland. In 1572, he succeeded François Clouet as painter to the king at the court of her brother-in-law Charles IX of France, and was in turn succeeded by his son, Charles de Court, in 1584 or 1589. Jean de Court painted in 1574 a portrait of Henry III, then Duke of Anjou.

Noted enamel painter Susanne (de) Court was also most likely a member of the de Court family.

Gallery

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  Henry III of France, now at the Musée Condé in the Château de Chantilly
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  Enamel painting: Apollo and the Muses by Jean de Court
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  Albert de Gondi, now at the Musée Condé
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  Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Louise de Lorraine (1553-1601)

References

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Court, Jean de". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.