François Dubois
François Dubois (French pronunciation: Fontainebleau School.[1]
Biography
Dubois was born around 1529 in Amiens, in the province of Picardy. He was likely related to the anatomist Jacques Dubois.[1]
Dubois fled France following the
Republic of Geneva, where he died on 24 August 1584.[1]
Works
His only surviving work is the best known depiction of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.popular prints and book illustrations: the body of Huguenot leader Gaspard de Coligny hangs out of a window at the rear to the right, and is also depicted decapitated on the ground under the window, with the Duke of Guise standing behind it. To the left rear, Catherine de' Medici, emerges from the Louvre Palace and inspects a heap of bodies.[3]
Dubois is also known to have painted a picture of the Roman Triumvirate.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Lucien Boissonnas: François Dubois in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 19 April 2004.
- ISBN 978-3-8448-9548-3.
- ISBN 1-84176-395-0
- ^ David Kunzle From Criminal to Courtier: The Soldier in Netherlandish Art 1550-1672 (Brill, 2002) pp. 163–165 (via googlebooks drilldown [1] of this volume.)
Sources
- Martin Schieder, Die göttliche Ordnung der Geschichte. Massaker und Martyrium im Gemälde »La Saint-Barthélemy« von François Dubois, ib: Uwe Fleckner (ed.): Bilder machen Geschichte. Historische Ereignisse im Gedächtnis der Kunst, Berlin 2014, pp. 127–140 (Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus, Bd. 13).
External links
- "Dubois, François". SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland.
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