Jean de Court used painted Limoges enamel and oil painting, and 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 a valet and court painter of Mary Queen of Scots, although it is not clear if he had actually accompanied her to Scotland.[1] 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. He painted a miniature portrait of him as king four years later.[2]
Noted enamel painter Susanne (de) Court is speculated to have been the daughter of Jean.[3]
- ^ Andrew Laing, 'The Household of Mary Queen of Scots in 1573', Scottish Historical Review, 2:8 (July 1905), pp. 345-355 at pp. 348, 353: Alexandre Teulet, Relations Politiques, vol. 2 (Paris, 1862), p. 273.
- ^ Alberge, Dalya (26 January 2021). "Fake or Fortune presenter finds rare portrait by Mary, Queen of Scots court artist worth hundreds of thousands". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Suzanne de Court | Triumph of Ceres". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 5 December 2023.