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50:, Black and coloured chalk, 39.6 Ă— 27.5 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel. Holbein drew this picture and its companion piece, Jean de France, Duke of Berry, during a visit to France in 1523/24.
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Upon her father's death in 1394, Joan became
Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne. Joan was widowed upon the death of the Duke of Berry in 1416. She married
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Joan was born around 1378 to John II, Count of
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At the age of fifteen, Joan was present at the infamous
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