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Jean Marot

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WA-00118189

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1921-6-351-76
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Jean Marot was a French poet of the late 15th and early 16 century and the father of the French Renaissance poet Clément Marot. He is often grouped with the "Grands Rhétoriqueurs". Jean Marot seems to have disdained his surname and signed "Jean des Marestz".

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (6)

Le Magnifique Chateau de Richelieu

1655 · Etching

album: 24 13/16 x 18 1/2 x 3/16 in. (63 x 47 x 0.5 cm) each print approx.: 7 15/16 x 20 11/16 in. (20.2 x 52.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gezicht op het kasteel van Blérancourt

1650 · etching on paper

width: 318 cm, height: 532 cm, width: 252 cm, height: 385 cm

Rijksmuseum

Architecture de Marot: Le Grand Marot (Set A)

1630 · Illustrations: engraving

18 3/8 × 12 1/16 × 1 15/16 in. (46.6 × 30.6 × 5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gezicht op de gevel van het kasteel van Richelieu met doorsnede van het trappenhuis

1629 · etching on paper

width: 320 cm, height: 78 cm, height: 532 cm, width: 189 cm

Rijksmuseum

Kasteel van Richelieu

1629 · etching on paper

height: 532 cm, height: 57 cm, width: 168 cm, width: 320 cm

Rijksmuseum

Nouueaux desseins d'Alcoves

1629 · engraving on paper

width: 216 cm, height: 131 cm

Rijksmuseum

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6 published of 6 catalogued · 6 with image

Rijksmuseum
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The Met
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3 entries · 1 sources

Gezicht op de gevel van het kasteel van Richelieu met doorsnede van het trappenhuis
1629 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Kasteel van Richelieu
1629 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Nouueaux desseins d'Alcoves
1629 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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