The book introduces readers to the work of the 15th century French painter and book miniature master Jean Fouquet. Based on an analysis of Fouquet's creative heritage, it reveals the features of his artistic individuality, his role in adding a new artistic ideal, his place in the history of French culture. Jean Fouquet was the first to introduce France to the Italian Renaissance, and the first French artist known outside his country. Simultaneously with the new painting system, Fouquet brings to French painting a new attitude towards a person and the world around him. His figure rises above the entire French artistic culture of the century and at the same time sums it up in a peculiar way.