Creator

Jean Clouet

Creation-date

ca. 1527

Technique

Painting

Material

Oil on wood

Inventory number

-

Subject-1

Portrait of Marguerite d'Angoulême

Object-Current-Location

Walker Art Gallery

Digital resource author

GrECI Project

Digital-resource-rights holder

University of Franche Comté (for GrECI project)

Image-number

051_RP_6

License

CC BY

Description

Marguerite d’Angoulême, queen of Navarre and sister of the king of France Francis I, was a well educated and lettered woman. She was sensible to the voices that call for a renewal inside Catholicism, such Lefèvre d’Etaples who she protected and helped.