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Jean Bourdichon
Jean Bourdichon was a French painter and illuminator from Tours who served four kings of France, Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII and Francis I. His best-known work is the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany, painted about 1503–1508, with its lifelike plants and insects in the borders. He is regarded as the leading French illuminator of his generation.
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