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Jacques Daret (c. 1404 - c. 1470) was an Early Netherlandish
Early Netherlandish painting

Early Netherlandish painting is the work of those painting who were active in the Netherlands during the 15th and early 16th century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing cities of Bruges and Ghent....
 painter born in Tournai
Tournai

Tournai is a Walloon Region city and Municipalities in Belgium of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut ....
 (now in Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
), where he would spend much of his life. Daret spent 15 years as a pupil in the studio of Robert Campin
Robert Campin

Robert Campin , now usually identified with the artist known as the Master of Fl?malle, is usually considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting....
, alongside Rogier or Rogelet de le Pasture (assumed by scholars to be Rogier van der Weyden, both words meaning "field" or "meadow" in French and Dutch respectively), and afterwards became a master in his own right.






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Jacques Daret (c. 1404 - c. 1470) was an Early Netherlandish
Early Netherlandish painting

Early Netherlandish painting is the work of those painting who were active in the Netherlands during the 15th and early 16th century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing cities of Bruges and Ghent....
 painter born in Tournai
Tournai

Tournai is a Walloon Region city and Municipalities in Belgium of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut ....
 (now in Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
), where he would spend much of his life. Daret spent 15 years as a pupil in the studio of Robert Campin
Robert Campin

Robert Campin , now usually identified with the artist known as the Master of Fl?malle, is usually considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting....
, alongside Rogier or Rogelet de le Pasture (assumed by scholars to be Rogier van der Weyden, both words meaning "field" or "meadow" in French and Dutch respectively), and afterwards became a master in his own right. He became a favorite of the Burgundian
Duchy of Burgundy

The Duchy of Burgundy was a feudal territory once existing within the France in the Middle Ages. It roughly conforms to the modern Bourgogne. Existing between 843 and 1477, the Duchy was ruled by a succession of Duke of Burgundy, whose extinction with the death of Charles the Bold in 1477 led to the Duchy being absorbed into the French crown...
 court, and his patron for 20 years was the abbot of St. Vaast in Arras, Jean de Clercq.

Though many works of Daret are mentioned in Jean de Clercq's account books, only four panels of Daret's works are known to have survived: all are from the so-called Arras Altarpiece or Saint-Vaast Altarpiece, painted for the abbot between 1433 and 1435. These paintings show a striking resemblance to the Flemish
Flemish painting

Flemish painting flourished from the early 15th century until the 17th century. County of Flanders delivered the leading painters in Northern Europe and attracted many promising young painters from neighbouring countries....
 realism
Realism

Realism, Realist or Realistic may refer to:*Realism , the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life*Realism , a movement towards greater fidelity to real life...
 of the Master of Flémalle. This is argued by most scholars to be evidence that the Master of Flémalle was Daret's master, Robert Campin.

Daret features rather more in the art historical debates over his period than the merit of his work alone would justify because he is relatively well-documented, and in particular can be securely identified as the creator of the altarpiece mentioned above, as well as a pupil of Campin. The stylistic similarity between him and the Master of Flémalle is therefore crucial evidence in the identification of the latter with Campin. This then becomes an important connection in establishing a link between Robert Campin/the Master of Flémalle and his other major pupil, Rogier van der Weyden.

Daret's four surviving works, all from the Arras Altarpiece, are the Visitation and Adoration of the Magi (both Staatliche Museen, Berlin), the Nativity (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid), and the Presentation in the Temple (Musée du Petit Palais, Paris).

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