( fl 1381–1403). Franco-Flemish sculptor. He is documented in Dijon in 1381 as ‘tailleur de menues oeuvres en pierre et en bois’. On the commission of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, he worked on several campaigns to embellish the Charterhouse of Champmol (see DIJON, §IV, 1(ii)). Jean first produced the main doors of the church, including armorials in relief. Subsequently he carved choir-stalls that in 1388 were praised by fellow artists as ‘plus belles et ... soubtil ouvraige qu’il ne les devait faire’. The following year he prepared for Jean de Beaumetz, the court painter, panels and frames for altarpieces. In 1399–1400 he produced thrones with canopies for the officiant, the deacon and the subdeacon. The back of the deacon’s seat (Dijon, Mus. B.-A.), the only extant element, is incisively carved with the device and arms of John the Fearless as Comte de Nevers (before 1404) and with angels that are South Netherlandish in style. For Philip the Bold’s château at Argilly, Jean carved a statue of the Virgin under an elaborate canopy (destr.). He was also called on to work at the Duke’s château of Conflans, outside Paris.

• Jean de Liège (ii) (fl 1381-1403)
  • Belgium, §IV, 2: Sculpture, c 1400–c 1550
  • Jean de Marville
  • patrons and collectors
    • Burgundy: (1) Philip the Bold, §1: Introduction
    • Burgundy: (1) Philip the Bold, §2: Architecture and related work
    • Frame, §V, 1: The Netherlands and Belgium: Gothic
  • works
    • Gothic, §III, 2(ix)(b): French wood sculpture: 15th century