{{Short description|Manuscript illuminator}} {{Redirect|Pucelle|the saint|Joan of Arc|other uses|La Pucelle (disambiguation)}} [[Image:Jean (und Werkstatt) Pucelles 001.jpg|right|thumb|Page from the Belleville Breviary by Jean Pucelle]] [[Image:Pucelle.jpg|right|thumb|''The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux'' by Jean Pucelle]]
'''Jean Pucelle''' (c. 1300 – 1355; active c. 1320–1350) was a Parisian Gothic-era manuscript illuminator who excelled in the invention of drolleries as well as traditional iconography. He is considered one of the best miniaturists of the early 14th century.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean Pucelle (c.1290-1334) |url=http://visual-arts-cork.com/old-masters/jean-pucelle.htm|accessdate=11 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jean Pucelle |url=http://britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/482668/Jean-Pucelle|accessdate=11 March 2015}}</ref> He worked primarily under the patronage of the royal court and is believed to have been responsible for the introduction of the ''arte nuovo'' of Giotto and Duccio to Northern Gothic art. His work shows a distinct influence of the Italian trecento art Duccio is credited with creating.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gould|first1=Karen|title=Jean Pucelle and Northern Gothic Art: New Evidence from Strasbourg Cathedral|journal=The Art Bulletin|date=March 1992|volume=74|issue=1|pages=51–74|doi=10.2307/3045850|jstor=3045850}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Randall|first1=Lilian|title=Reviewed Work: Jean Pucelle by Kathleen Morand|journal=Speculum|date=April 1964|volume=39|issue=2|pages=331–332|doi=10.2307/2852746|jstor=2852746}}</ref> His style is characterized by delicate figures rendered in ''grisaille,'' accented with touches of color.
Pucelle was a major contributor towards the development of manuscript illumination. By the 1380s, French art of illumination can be divided into two, one of which included artists following on the stylistic traditions of Pucelle, the other being Flemish realism.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Marcel |title=The Golden Age: Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duc de Berry |publisher=Book Club Associates |year=1980 |location=London |pages=12 |language=en}}</ref>
== Notable works == *''The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux'', a private prayer book done as a royal commission for the queen of France, Jeanne d'Évreux (c. 1324–28), which reflects the ''Maestà'' (c. 1325) by Duccio.
*''Belleville Breviary'' believed to have been owned by Jeanne de Clisson.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean Pucelle|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/482668/Jean-Pucelle|accessdate=11 March 2015}}</ref>
*He is also credited with the Franciscan breviary believed to have once been owned by Blanche of France.
*His earliest documented work is believed to be the design for the great seal of the Confraternity of the Hospital of {{ILL|St. Jacques-aux-Pelerins|fr|Pèlerin_de_Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle}} in Paris, indicating that Pucelle worked and designed in a variety of media ranging from enamels to stained glass.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gould|first1=Karen|title=Jean Pucelle and Northern Gothic Art: New Evidence from Strasbourg Cathedral|journal=The Art Bulletin|date=March 1992|volume=74|issue=1|pages=51–74|doi=10.2307/3045850|jstor=3045850}}</ref>
Pucelle's proto-Renaissance style is evident in ''The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux'', the ''Belleville Breviary'' and the Bible of Robert de Billyng, which all displayed such features as sculpturally modeled figures, three-dimensional treatment of space and a new form of psychological expression.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sandler|first1=Lucy|title=A Follower of Jean Pucelle in England|journal=The Art Bulletin|date=December 1970|volume=52|issue=4|pages=363–372|doi=10.2307/3048763|jstor=3048763}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commonscat-inline|Jean Pucelle}} * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/873322 JSTOR: "Jean Pucelle: A Re-Examination of the Evidence", Kathleen Morand, ''The Burlington Magazine,'' June 1961] * [https://www.amazon.com/Jean-Pucelle-Innovation-collaboration-Renaissance/dp/1905375468/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359858724&sr=1-1&keywords=Jean+Pucelle%3A+Innovation Jean Pucelle: Innovation and Collaboration in Manuscript Painting (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History) edited by Kyunghee Pyun and Anna Russakoff (Brepols, 2013)] {{ACArt}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pucelle, Jean}} Category:1300s births Category:1355 deaths Category:French illustrators Category:French manuscript illuminators