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François Clouet (c. 1510-the 22nd of December 1572) was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, born in Tours as the son of court painter Jean Clouet. He is particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family, including Francis I, Henry II, Mary Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth of Austria.
François Clouet inherited his father Jean Clouet's nickname Janet, sometimes spelled Jamet. Early sources and older literature often refer to him by this name, and Catherine de Medici herself called him Maistre Jamet in correspondence with the French ambassador in London.
The portrait of Elizabeth of Austria, considered perhaps Clouet's masterpiece, is held in the Louvre in Paris. It made a significant impression on Claude Lévi-Strauss and helped inspire his theory of the modèle réduit, developed in his book The Savage Mind.
Clouet prepared the death-masks and funeral effigies for at least two French kings. In 1547 he took a mask of the face and hands of Francis I to prepare the funeral effigy, and he later prepared the death-mask of Henry II. He also executed the paintings used in church decorations and banners for both ceremonies.
François Clouet died on the 22nd of December 1572, shortly after the massacre of St Bartholomew. His will, which still exists, names his sister and his two illegitimate daughters and accounts for a considerable amount of property; his daughters subsequently became nuns.
Clouet resided in Paris in the rue de Ste Avoye in the Temple quarter, close to the Hotel de Guise. In 1568 he was under the patronage of Claude Gouffier de Boisy, Seigneur d'Oiron, and his wife Claude de Baune.