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André Beauneveu (born c. 1335 in Valenciennes, died c.1400 in Bourges) was an Early Netherlandish sculptor and painter, born in the County of Hainaut (Valenciennes is today in France), who is best known for his work in the service of the French King Charles V, and of the Valois Duke, Jean de Berry. His work in all media shows a generally naturalistic and 'sculptural' style, characteristic of the 'Pucellian revival' of the latter 14th century.〔By far the must up-to-date and comprehensive account of Beauneveu's life and work is the excellent catalogue from the recent exhibition at the Groeningemuseum; Susie Nash, Till-Holger Borchert and Jim Harris, ''No Equal in Any Land: Andre Beauneveu, Artist to the Courts of France and Flanders'', Paul Holberton Publishing, 2007〕 ==Biographical details== As with all northern European artists of this period, reliable biographical information about Beauneveu is extremely sparse, being mainly limited to a few mentions in the financial accounts of his patrons. The earliest documentary reference to "Master Andrew the Painter" (assumed to be Beauneveu) appears in the accounts of Duchess Yolande de Bar in 1359, where he is recorded as working on the decoration of a chapel in her castle at Nieppe (destroyed). By 1364 he was in Paris, as part of an extensive artistic workshop employed by King Charles V, who refers to him as ''our esteemed Andreu Bauneveu our sculptor'' (see below for details of the work he undertook for the King). No documentary evidence survives for Beauneveu's whereabouts between 1367 and 1372. It has been suggested, based on comments by his contemporary and fellow Valenciennois Jean Froissart, that some or all of this period may have been spent in England, possibly working with Jean de Liege in the employ of Philippa of Hainault. However, there is no independent evidence for such a visit and Beauneveu's name does not appear anywhere in the normally comprehensive Westminster account rolls for this period. By 1372, Beauneveu was back in the Low Countries, where he worked for a number of civic and aristocratic patrons. In 1386 he made the move to Bourges to enter the service of one of the greatest artistic patrons of medieval Europe, the Valois Duke Jean de Berry. Beauneveu was employed as Berry's ''Superintendent of all Painting and Sculpture'' and seems to have been particularly associated with the Duke's new 'fairy-tale' castle at Mehun-sur-Yèvre and with the stained glass and sculptural decorations for the chapel of his palace in Bourges. There are no dated references to Beauneveu's life after 1388 but it is generally assumed that he died some time around 1400.〔Stephen K. Scher, ''André Beauneveu and Claus Sluter'' in ''Gesta'', vol.7 (1968), p.12, n.2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「André Beauneveu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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