Martin Fréminet

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Martin Fréminet (* 1567 in Paris ; † 1619 ibid) was a French painter and graphic artist during the Renaissance .

Fréminet was born in Paris and went to Italy in 1592 , where he was influenced by Giuseppe Cesari . In 1602 he returned to France . The French King Henry IV and Maria de 'Medici commissioned him in 1603 to decorate the Trinity Chapel at Fontainebleau Palace . This is one of the few works by Fréminet that has survived.

literature

  • Alfred Moir: Old Master Drawings from the Feitelson Collection . 1983.
  • Philippe Delorme: Marie de Médicis. Histoire des Reines de France . Pygmalion, 1999, ISBN 2-85704-553-0 .
  • Eva Dimmel: Martin Fréminet (1567-1619) and the Chapel of the Trinity in the Castle of Fontainebleau . Dissertation 2004.

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personal data
SURNAME Fréminet, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1567
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1619
Place of death Paris