Jacob Bunel

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Portrait of Henry IV of France

Jacob Bunel (1558–1614) was a French painter. The son and pupil of

Feuillants an 'Assumption of the Virgin,' now in the Museum at Bordeaux, both of which pictures have been highly praised. Philip II of Spain, by whom likewise he was esteemed, commissioned him to paint for the cloister of the Escorial
forty pictures, all of which have now disappeared. He died in Paris in 1614.

He was the brother of

Louvre Museum).[1] He was the teacher of Claude Vignon.[2]

References

  1. RKD
  2. ^ Claude Vignon in the RKD

Attribution:

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Bunel, Jacques". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.