Her rich clothing and jeweled cap denote her high status, and her rosary indicates a gentle and pious nature. Portraits of european royal children were commissioned to record stages of their development and were often exchanged with other royal houses as a diplomatic gesture. Jean clouet, the court painter under francis i, based his formal panel portraits on detailed drawings made from life. His style typifies northern renaissance painting with its silhouetting of shapes, incisive draftsmanship, and enamellike finish. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: circa 1522. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 17.7 cm (7 in) ; width: 13.3 cm (5.2 in). Medium: oil on cradled panel. Depicted People: Charlotte of Valois. Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art. Charlotte of France by Jean Clouet
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