Corneille de Lyon (c. 1500 - 1575)

• Was a Dutch painter of portraits.
• He was active in Lyon, France from 1533 until his death.
• In France and the Netherlands he is also still known as Corneille de La Haye after his birthplace, The Hague.
• Although he is well documented as the leading painter in this distinctively French style, because he never signed or dated his paintings very few identifiable works can be firmly traced as his, with the first one identified in 1962.
• Corneille's portraits are nearly miniature in scale, ranging from the size of a postcard to about 8" x 10".
• Corneille worked in oil paint on wood panels.
• The flesh areas are painted very thinly, while the greenish backgrounds are painted more thickly.
• Similarities with the work of Hans Holbein may point to the use of tracing frames by both painters. 
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