This work marks an important epoch in the history of French Art; the _Calendar Months_ by Pol de Limbourg (the eldest brother); the scenes from the _Life of Christ_ joint work of the three brothers; _the Zodiac_; _the Plan of Rome_; the Duc de Berry a collector of medals; his sudden death interrupts the completion of his _Livre d'Heures_; Jean Colombe, half a century later, undertakes the painting of the remaining miniatures; his mediocre workmanship.....165 CHAPTER XIV JEAN FOUQUET OF TOURS Court-Painter to Charles VII and Louis XI; inspired by the work of the Limbourgs; a similar inclination for landscapes in his backgrounds; Etienne Chevalier, Treasurer of France, his patron; the forty miniatures by Fouquet at Chantilly; Fouquet well known in Italy as a painter; commissioned to make a portrait of _Pope Eugenius IV_; mentioned by Vasari; his impressions in Italy shown in the miniatures at Chantilly and in the MS. of the _Antiquitates Judæorum_; his strong individuality; his sense of humour and other characteristics.....179 CHAPTER XV JEAN PERRÉAL AND BOURDICHON Bourdichon's name found upon cartridge-cases made out of old accounts and contracts; the _Prayer-Book_ of Anne de Bretagne and its ornamentation of flowers; Perréal painter to the Duc Pierre de Bourbon; studies Fouquet's work at Moulins; the miniatures of the MS. of _St. Michel_ in the Bibliothèque Nationale attributed to Perréal by Durrieu; affinity between the angels in the MS. and those in the triptych at Moulins; why the original drawings of the _Preux de Marignan_ are likely to be by Jean Perréal rather than by Jean Clouet; the handwriting of Perréal identified on the back of a drawing attributed to him; the Tournois tapestries; Perréal mentioned in the Royal Accounts as Architect and Sculptor; his medals representing _Louis XII_ and _Anne de Bretagne_ in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and in the Wallace Collection.....196 CHAPTER XVI JEAN CLOUET Migrates to France; settles at Tours; marries Jeanne Boucault; his portrait of _Oronce Finé_ exists only in an engraving; his craftsmanship of a more elaborate nature than that of Perréal; the _Duc de Guise_ and the unknown man at Hampton Court; his portrait of _Francis I_ in the Louvre; _Queen Claude_ and her sister _Renée_; numerous drawings to be attributed to Jean Clouet; his characteristics.....211 CHAPTER XVII FRANÇOIS CLOUET AND HIS FOLLOWERS