Jean Cadard

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Jean Cadard (* 1374 in Picardy ; † April 23, 1449 in Avignon ) was court master , court doctor and advisor to Charles VII.

After the murder of Johann Ohnefurcht on September 10, 1419 , he had to go into exile in Avignon, where he took over feudal lords over the places Oppède and Thor . He gained fame above all for a protective coat Madonna painted by Enguerrand Quarton , on which he is shown kneeling with his wife Jeanne de Moulins.

Life

Of Picardy origin, also known as Jean de Maissy or Jean Cadart , he began his career as a doctor at the court of Charles VI. where he looked after the princes, especially the future Charles VII . As his court master he was in correspondence with Jean Gerson , which was published under the title Messages au précepteur du Dauphin ("Messages to the court master of the Dauphin ") and a treatise or instructions from Doctor Christianissimus . The Dauphin, who was elected King of France, and his advisor Cadard went together for a meeting on the city bridge of Montereau , during which the Burgundy Duke John Fearless was murdered . Cadard was by Philip III. , the son of the late Duke, was suspected of being one of the main instigators of the murder and had to go into exile in Avignon. There he appeared before the city administrators with a royal letter in which Charles VII recommended him as his "friend, faithful advisor and first doctor".

On site, Cadard acquired several buildings in the Fusteries district between 1423 and 1439 . One of the cardinal -Legaten Pierre de Foix completed deed witnessed the acquisition of an old house ( hospicium antiquum ) 1434 near the Pertus portal. The house has been completely restored and is now known as the Maison de Jean Cadard .

As a donor

As a royal advisor, he did not come to Avignon with empty suitcases. In 1425 and 1447 he bought the feudal estates of Oppède and Thor in Comtat Venaissin . He also became a creditor of the city of Florence , lent money to the royal treasury through the middleman Jacques Cœur and advanced part of the ransom to the Grand Chamberlain Jean de Dunois for Charles of Orléans , who was held in England .

Altarpiece by Enguerrand Quarton

The Schutzmantelmadonna of Enguerrand Quarton shows Jean Cadard under the protection of John the Baptist and his wife Jeanne de Moulins under the protection of the Apostle John , Musée Condé in Chantilly .

Shortly before his death, Cadard had a chapel built in the Celestine Church in Avignon, near which Cardinal Peter of Luxembourg was also buried. Cadard died on April 23, 1449. Two years later, his son Pierre had the chapel finished and commissioned the Picard painter Enguerrand Quarton to make a protective cloak Madonna on which his parents should also be seen. The altarpiece may have been completed by Pierre Villate . Today the Musée Condé of Chantilly issued, it is one of the main works of the second Avignon School .

literature

  • Paul Pansier: Les Cadart à Avignon. Annales d'Avignon et du Comtat Venaissin, 1931.
  • Joseph Girard : Evocation du Vieil Avignon. Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris, 2000, ISBN 2-7073-1353-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Jean Cadard and Enguerrand Quarton
  2. ↑ Maria Luisa Picascia: Messaggi al precettore del Delfino: Tractatus et Instructiones di Jean Gerson . In: Mélanges de l'Ecole Française de Rome. Moyen Age . tape 99 , no. 1 , ISSN  0223-5110 , p. 235–260 (Italian, German treatise and instructions by Jean Gerson).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Joseph Girard: Évocation du Vieil Avignon , 2000, p. 232.
personal data
SURNAME Cadard, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jean de Maissy; Jean Cadart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French court doctor, court master and royal advisor, Herr von Oppède and Thor
DATE OF BIRTH 1374
PLACE OF BIRTH Picardy
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1449
Place of death Avignon