Le Ballet de l'Acier

Claude Deruet

Court painter to the dukes of Lorraine

Claude Deruet

Description

SR 7

Artist – Master

Bio

Deruet (b. 1588) is the court painter to Charles IV, duc de Lorraine. The artists apprenticed under Jacques Bellange and studied in Italy for seven years before returning to Nancy.

Deruet is a favorite of both the Lorrainois and French courts.