Jean Perréal

His most remarkable works are often considered to be a portrait of Charles VIII (Musée Condé) and a miniature piece, Pierre Sala [fr], an image of a poet who, like Perréal, was a royal valet de chambre.

'[2] He was an accomplished designer of tombs, medals, theater scenery and ceremonies, including the marriage of King Louis XII and his second wife Mary Tudor.

Live resprouting shoots emerge from either side of the tree stump seat to form a fancifully twined and grafted two-story-tall chair back with latin inscription translated as earth, air, fire, water, mixture, (at the top of the tree) works of nature, (at the bottom of the alchemist building) works of man.

^ Luisa Nieddu, L' Art du portrait dans l'oeuvre de Jean Perréal et ses liens avec le Nord, dans "Arts et artistes du Nord à la cour de Francois Ier".

9.^ Luisa Nieddu, Jean Pérreal, valet du roi, scenografo, ritrattista di corte, Rome, Horti Hesperidum, 2024, 374 p. (ISBN 978-883293-277

Anne of Brittany , receives a book in praise of famous women, painted by Jean Perréal.
Complainte de la Nature, 1516