Bourdichon, Jean (lived late 15th–early 16th century)

French painter and miniaturist. He was a follower of Jean Fouquet in style and worked – as Fouquet did – for Louis XI, being appointed in 1481. He was also court painter to Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I. His principal work is a Book of Hours (1508) for the wife of Louis XII, Anne of Brittany (Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris).