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Robinet Testard (fl. 1470–1531) was a French medieval illuminator and painter, whose works are difficult to attribute since none of them was signed or dated. He is known to have worked for the family of Charles, Count of Angoulême (1459–96) in Cognac, and made Valet de Chambre to the family in 1484. When the Count of Angoulême died in 1496, Testard accepted service with the Count's widow, Louise of Savoy, and is mentioned at the time of her death in 1531.

Testard started his career in Poitiers. His works include a page in a Missal for Poitiers Use, the La Rochefoucauld Hours, and two other Books of Hours. His middle period, characterised by tight compositions and sharply defined colouring, is typified by his Roman de la Rose, the Nouailher Missal and the Book of Hours, probably painted for Charles, Count of Angoulême about 1480. Surprisingly, 17 engravings by Israhel van Meckenem were included in the tome and coloured by Testard. He produced another Book of Hours, a copy of Dioskurides and mythological illustrations after Solinus and Pliny titled Les Secrets de l'histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses memorables du monde. He also illustrated Matthaeus Platearius' "The Book of Simple Medicines" ^[1]

External links[edit]

Les Secrets de l'histoire naturelle
Horae ad usum Parisiensem 1475-1500 (The Hours of Charles d’Angoulême)
MS. Douce 195 (Le roman de la rose)
Héroïdes ou Epîtres
Le livre des échecs amoureux moralisés

References[edit]

^ The British Library Catalogue

[1] The British Library Catalogue

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-[[File:Danaïdes tuant leurs maris BnF Français 874 fol. 170v.jpg|thumb|<center>The [[Danaides]] murder their husbands]]
-'''Robinet Testard''' (fl 1470-1531) was a French medieval [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminator]] and painter, whose works are difficult to attribute since none of them was signed or dated. He is known to have worked for the family of [[Charles, Count of Angoulême]](1459-96) in [[Cognac]], and made [[Valet de Chambre]] to the family in 1484. When the Count of Angoulême died in 1496, Testard accepted service with the Count's widow, [[Louise of Savoy]], and is mentioned at the time of her death in 1531.
+[[File:Robinet Testard41.jpg|thumb|{{center|Plate from Ovid's "''Héroïdes ou Epîtres''", [[Penelope]] writing to [[Odysseus|Ulysses]]}}]]
-Testard started his career in [[Poitiers]]. His works include a page in a ''Missal for Poitiers Use'', the ''La Rochefoucauld Hours'',  and two other ''Books of Hours''. His middle period, characterised by tight compositions and sharply defined colouring, is typified by his ''[[Roman de la Rose]]'', the ''Nouailher Missal'' and the ''[[Book of Hours]]'', probably painted for Charles, Count of Angoulême about 1480. Surprisingly, 17 engravings by [[Israhel van Meckenem]] were included in the tome and coloured by Testard. He produced another ''Book of Hours'', a copy of [[Dioskurides]] and mythological illustrations after [[Solinus]] and [[Pliny]] titled ''Les Secrets de l'histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses memorables du monde''. <ref>[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/TourFrOut.asp The British Library Catalogue]</ref>
+[[File:Danaïdes tuant leurs maris BnF Français 874 fol. 170v.jpg|thumb|{{center|The [[Danaïdes]] murder their husbands}}]]
+'''Robinet Testard''' ([[fl.]] 1470–1531) was a French medieval [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminator]] and painter, whose works are difficult to attribute since none of them was signed or dated. He is known to have worked for the family of [[Charles, Count of Angoulême]] (1459–96) in [[Cognac, France|Cognac]], and made [[Valet de Chambre]] to the family in 1484. When the Count of Angoulême died in 1496, Testard accepted service with the Count's widow, [[Louise of Savoy]], and is mentioned at the time of her death in 1531.
+Testard started his career in [[Poitiers]]. His works include a page in a ''Missal for Poitiers Use'', the ''La Rochefoucauld Hours'',  and two other ''Books of Hours''. His middle period, characterised by tight compositions and sharply defined colouring, is typified by his ''[[Roman de la Rose]]'', the ''Nouailher Missal'' and the ''[[Book of Hours]]'', probably painted for Charles, Count of Angoulême about 1480. Surprisingly, 17 engravings by [[Israhel van Meckenem]] were included in the tome and coloured by Testard. He produced another ''Book of Hours'', a copy of [[Dioskurides]] and mythological illustrations after [[Gaius Julius Solinus|Solinus]] and [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] titled ''Les Secrets de l'histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses memorables du monde''. He also illustrated [[Matthaeus Platearius]]' "''The Book of [[Herbal#Fifteenth century manuscripts|Simple]] Medicines''" <ref>[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/TourFrOut.asp The British Library Catalogue]</ref>
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 ==External links==
 *[http://classes.bnf.fr/ebstorf/feuille/secrets/index.htm ''Les Secrets de l'histoire naturelle'']
+*[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432895r Horae ad usum Parisiensem 1475-1500] (The Hours of Charles d’Angoulême)
+*[http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/s/3rjtub MS. Douce 195] (Le roman de la rose)
+*[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427253m ''Héroïdes ou Epîtres'']
+*[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426258c ''Le livre des échecs amoureux moralisés'']
 ==References==
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-[[Category:Medieval painters]]
+[[Category:15th-century French painters]]
+[[Category:French male painters]]
-[[fr:Robinet Testard]]
+[[Category:16th-century French painters]]

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