Jean Bourdichon
1456
—
1520
French miniature painter and manuscript illuminator (1457-1521)
Jean Bourdichon was a French painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century, in the reigns of Louis XI of France, Charles VIII of France, Louis XII of France, and Francis I of France. He was probably born in Tours, and was a pupil of Jean Fouquet. He died in Tours.