Fouquet
or Fouc·quet
Jean or Je·han [both French zhahn], /both French ʒɑ̃/, c1420–c80, French painter.
Ni·co·las [nee-kaw-lah], /ni kɔˈlɑ/, Marquis de Belle-Isle, 1615–80, French statesman.
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How to use Fouquet in a sentence
The boys in the atelier over her window hated this old Madame Fouquet, I remember.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithFouquet was no less quickly informed of the designs of the reverend fathers.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)As in the miniature painted by Jean Fouquet, more than ten years later.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceFouquet let me stand there half a day, before he would pick me out again.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleAnd Fouquet does indeed depict this scene in a glow of colour which affords a vivid idea of triumphant festivity.
Chantilly in History and Art | Louise M. Richter
British Dictionary definitions for Fouquet
/ (French fukɛ) /
Jean (ʒɑ̃). ?1420–?80, French painter and miniaturist
Also: Foucquet Nicolas (nikɔlɑ), Marquis de Belle-Isle . 1615–80, French statesman; superintendent of finance (1653–61) under Louis XIV. He was imprisoned for embezzlement, having been denounced by Colbert
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