André Beauneveu

André Beauneveu was a sculptor who book painter and architect in France in the late 14th century.

History

His first full name will appear in place Beauneveu a note from the town of Valenciennes from the year 1363, in which he is called as a consultant for the construction of a church, that city is also considered the origin and birthplace of the Master. Whether Beauneveu is identical to the Master, " Andrieu le Pointre ", who worked for the Countess Yolande of Cassel in 1364, is controversial.

1364 he was appointed by Charles V. to Paris to manufacture several royal tombs of the Abbey of Saint- Denis. The uniquely assignable to Beauneveu by four invoices received as a workshop Gisants of Charles V., Philip VI. John II and are still in the abbey church. For subsequent years, any source material is missing. It was not until 1374 Beauneveu was commissioned to design the tomb of Louis de time, Count of Flanders, in the chapel built by this Count. From a more comprehensive many sculptures sculpture cycle survives today only the alabaster figure of St. Catherine.

From 1386 Beauneveu service for Jean de Valois, Duke of Berry, detectable. In 1388 he moved into his residence city of Bourges. At the court of the Duke Master was the role of " ymagier du duc ", the senior artist transmitted. So Beauneveu were given in the interior of the palace Mehun -sur- Yèvre and, until his death, and the Sainte -Chapelle of Bourges, the artistic director. On behalf of the Duke, the famous " Psalter of Jean de Berry", which is now preserved in the French National Library in Paris was born. For Beauneveu date of death, there is again no specific documentary evidence. It is likely, however, from source to technical reasons, to be set between the years 1400 and 1403.