Artist

Corneille de Lyon (French, c. 1505-1575)

Works (2)

Portrait of a Man

c. 1555

Portrait of Louise de Halluin, dame de Cipierre

c. 1555

1500

Corneille de Lyon is estimated to have been born around 1500.¹

1541

Corneille de Lyon was appointed official painter of the Dauphin (the future Henry II) in 1541.¹

1564

In 1564, Charles IX gave Corneille de Lyon a gift of money.¹

In 1564, Catherine de Médicis visited the artist and was struck by the lifelike quality of her own portrait.¹

1569

Corneille de Lyon rejected Protestantism to become a Roman Catholic in 1569.¹

1574

Corneille de Lyon is believed to have died around 1574.¹

1575

NovCorneille de Lyon was buried on November 8, 1575.²