LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Reading edition
Pierre de Bourdeille, Abbé and Seigneur de BrantômeFrontispiece
From an old engraving by I. Von Schley.
Page
François de Lorraine, Duc de Guise8
By François Clouet; in the Louvre.
Discourse
I.Tomb of Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne34
By Jean Juste, in the Cathedral of Saint-Denis. The king and queen are carved as skeletons within the twelve columns; above they kneel at their prie-dieus, and the tradition is that the portraits are faithful. The cardinal virtues, Justice, Prudence, Temperance, and Fortitude, sit at the corners of the monument: the twelve apostles between the pillars; and round the base, between the virtues, are exquisite representations (not visible in the reproduction) of the king’s campaigns in Italy.
II.Catherine de’ Medici, Queen of France44
School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre.
II.Henri II., King of France52
By François Clouet; in the Louvre.
II.Ball at the Court of Henri III., with Portraits81
Attributed to François Clouet; in the Louvre. See description in note to Discourse VII.
III.Marie Stuart, Queen of France and Scotland90
Painter unknown; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
III.The Same120
School of the sixteenth century; Versailles.
V.Henri IV., King of France166
By Franz Pourbus (le jeune); in the Louvre.
V.Élisabeth de France, Queen of Spain185
By Rubens; in the Louvre.
V.Coronation of Marie de’ Medici, With Portraits211
By Rubens (Peter Paul); in the Louvre. See description in note to the Discourse.
VI.François I., King of France224
By Jean Clouet; in the Louvre.
VI.Diane de France, Duchesse d’Angoulême232
School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre.
VII.Isabelle d’Autriche, Wife of Charles IX.262
By François Clouet; in the Louvre.
VII.Charles IX., King of France271
By François Clouet; in the Louvre.
VII.Louise de Lorraine, Wife of Henri III280
School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre.
VII.Henri III., King of France286
School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre.