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Fouquet
or Fouc·quet
[ French foo-ke ]
noun
- Jean or Je·han [zhah, n], c1420–c80, French painter.
- Ni·co·las [nee-kaw-, lah], Marquis de Belle-Isle, 1615–80, French statesman.
Fouquet
/ fukɛ /
noun
- FouquetJean?1420?1480MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: miniaturist Jean (ʒɑ̃). ?1420–?80, French painter and miniaturist
- AlsoFoucquet FouquetNicolas, Marquis de Belle-Isle16151680MFrenchPOLITICS: statesman 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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The boys in the atelier over her window hated this old Madame Fouquet, I remember.
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Fouquet was no less quickly informed of the designs of the reverend fathers.
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As in the miniature painted by Jean Fouquet, more than ten years later.
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Fouquet let me stand there half a day, before he would pick me out again.
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And Fouquet does indeed depict this scene in a glow of colour which affords a vivid idea of triumphant festivity.
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