(1335-c. 1401)
French sculptor and manuscript illuminator from Valenciennes in Hainaut. Beauneveu is documented in Paris in c. 1360, working for Charles V of France until 1374 when he moved to the court of Louis de Mâle, Count of Flanders. In c. 1380 he became Jean, duc de Berry's court artist. For him he made 24 illustrations of prophets and apostles in the Psalter of the Duke of Berry (Paris, Biliothèque National) in c. 1380-1385. These enthroned figures show a move toward naturalism and a solid, sculptural approach to the figure. A fragment head of an apostle Beauneveu executed in stone for the duke as part of the decorations in the chapel of the Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre is now in the Louvre in Paris (c. 1400) and presents an example of his sculpture.
See also Illuminated manuscript.
Historical dictionary of Renaissance art. Lilian H. Zirpolo. 2008.