The Burgundian Painter of Allerey-sur-Saône Born around 1665 in the hamlet of Chauvort, within the parish of Allery, Claude Lebault emerged from a merchant family to find his calling in the brush and pigment. His early years were shaped by the disciplined environment of the Jesuit College in Lyon, where his foundational training likely began under the guidance of Thomas Blanchett between 1680 and 1685. This period of apprenticeship pro…