About Hubert Cailleau
Lived 1526 – 1579 (aged 52–53). Hubert Cailleau was a French artist and illuminator.
Hubert Cailleau ( – 1590), was a French historical and miniature painter and stage designer, who flourished at Valenciennes. There are some clever designs made by him, that now reside in the National Library at Paris, which were done for a mystery of the Passion acted at Valenciennes in 1547. He is famous for the illustrations of these sets, especially the frontispiece to The Passion and Resurrection of the Savior, which are the most detailed surviving examples of such staging.
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Who was Hubert Cailleau?
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When was Hubert Cailleau born?
Hubert Cailleau was born in 1526 in Valenciennes.
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Hubert Cailleau died in 1579 in Valenciennes.
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Hubert Cailleau was an artist and illuminator.
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Hubert Cailleau was French.
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