Jean de Beaumetz

The exact birthplace of Jean de Beaumetz is not known, but as he came from Aras, it is probable that he was born in either Beaumetz-les-Loges or Beaumetz-les-Cambrai from which he derived his name. He is recorded in Valenciennes in 0131 where he knew Andre Beauneveu; he went to Paris where on May 13, 1375, he entered the service of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, as court painter and was sent to Dijon. He worked on the vaulting of the Carthusian monastery at Champmol from 1384 to 1387. From 1388 to 1391 he executed paintings in Burgundy in the chapel of the Chateau at Argilly, in...