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Illustration Credits
| page 9 | Pope Clement VII (1478–1534) Marries Catherine de’ Medici (1519–1589) with Henri II of France (1519–1559), by Giorgio Vasari. [“Sala di Clementi VII,” Palazzo Vecchio (Palazzo della Signorina), Florence/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 12 | Medallion portrait of Pierre de Bourdeille (1540–1614) Abbot of Brantôme (engraving) (black and white photo), French School (17c). (Private Collection/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 14 | The Medici arms. (Private Collection) |
| page 16 | Anne de France (de Beaujeu), right wing of the Bourbon Altarpiece (detail) c. 1498, by the Master of Moulins (Jean Hey). (Moulins Cathedral, Allier, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 21 | Portrait of Louis XII . French School, 16c. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 25 | A French couple on horseback. 16c. (Bibliothèque nationale de France) |
| page 26 | Leaving for the Hunt (tapestry). French School, 16c. (Musée Nationale du Moyen Age et des Thermes de Cluny, Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 31 | View of château d’Amboise , by Charles Claude Pyne. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 32 | The coronation sword of the kings of France, belonging to Charlemagne, shown with scabbard. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 33 | The “hand of justice,” from the Treasury of Saint-Denis. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, France/Peter Willi/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 34 | Marguerite de Navarre , by Jean Clouet. (Private Collection) |
| page 35 | Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk . (Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 36 | The royal Salamander, symbol of François I, from the château de Blois. (Private Collection) |
| page 39 | Louis de Brézé . (Private Collection) |
| page 45 | Homage to Louise de Savoie at Amiens in 1518, from Les Chants Royaux , engraving by A. Godard. French School, 16c. (Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 51 | The ermine of Brittany, symbol of Queen Claude. (Private Collection) |
| page 54 | Château de Blois , by Thomas Shotter Boys. (© Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 60 | Fontainebleau: Galerie François I. (Château de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 61 | Gold saltcellar, or saliera , made for François I by Benvenuto Cellini. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 63 | Antoine Macault Presents His Translation to François I (1494–1547) from “Books I, II and III” by Diodorus Siculus. c. 1532 (vellum). French School, 16c. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 69 | A jousting scene from The Book of Hours , Workshop of Gerart Horenbout and Simon Bening. (British Library, London, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 72 | Henry VIII , School of Hans Holbein. (Ackerman and Johnson Ltd., London, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 74 | Portrait presumed to be Charles de Bourbon, Studio of Clouet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 77 | Jean de Poitiers (d. 1539) Lord of Saint-Vallier (pencil on paper) by Clouet (16c.) (studio of). (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 81 | View of the château de Loches . French School, 17c. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 88 | Portrait of Queen Claude (1499–1524) (oil on panel 16c, French), by Corneille de Lyons (c. 1500–1575). (Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 105 | Suleiman the Magnificent . (Private Collection) |
| page 121 | View of the château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye , by Israel Silvestre the Younger. (Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 122 | Henri d’Albret, King of Navarre, Presenting a marguerite to Marguerite, Sister of François I . French School, 16c. (The Stapleton Collection, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 135 | Marguerite de Navarre presenting the Heptaméron to Anne de Pisseleu, duchesse d’Etampes , from La Coche, ou le Débat d’Amour . French School, 16c. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 143 | Portrait of Catherine de’ Medici (1519–1589), facsimile of a 16th century drawing appearing in Portraits of the Most Famous Personalities of the 16th Century , by P. G. Niel, Paris, 1848 (graphite on paper). French School, 19c. (Bibliothèque des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France/Archives Charnet/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 145 | Ippolito de’ Medici , by Tiziano Vecellio (Titian). (Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 154 | Dauphin François de France , by Corneille de Lyon. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 162 | Catherine de’ Medici Riding Sidesaddle . (Bibliothèque nationale de France) |
| page 164 | Anne de Pisseleu, duchesse d’Etampes , Studio of Clouet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 175 | A game of “real tennis”: detail from David and Bathsheba . Flemish School, 16c. (Marylebone Cricket Club, London, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 178 | Quartering in the Place de Grève. (© ND/Roger-Viollet) |
| page 215 | “ LeBalafré,” duc de Guise . (Bibliothèque nationale de France) |
| page 222 | A Court Jester . French School, 16c. (Bibliothèque nationale de France/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 244 | Diane of France or of Valois (1538–1619), Duchess of Angoulême (oil on panel). French School, 16c. (Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 245 | Portrait of Cardinal Charles de Lorraine (1525–1574) c. 1555 (red chalk and pencil on paper). School of François Clouet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 250 | Diane’s symbols with motto. (Private Collection) |
| page 252 | Ceramic plate with “HD.” (Private Collection) |
| page 256 | Method of burning those condemned by the Inquisition. Flemish School, 16c. (Bibliothèque nationale de France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 259 | Crowned “H” resting on crescent moon. (Private Collection) |
| page 259 | Diane’s symbol. (Private Collection) |
| page 259 | Diane’s symbol. (Private Collection) |
| page 262 | François II as Dauphin , by Léonard Limousin. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, France/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 268 | Three intertwined crescent moons and the motto “ Donee totum impleat orbem .” (Private Collection) |
| page 269 | Joint signature of Diane de Poitiers and Henri II. (Private Collection) |
| page 273 | The Fountain of the Innocents, c. 1547 (photo) Jean Goujon (1510–1567) and Pierre Lescot (1515–1578). (Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 274 | “HD” with delta . (Private Collection) |
| page 282 | Château de Chaumont . (Private Collection) |
| page 284 | Anet: Window catch with three entwined crescents. (Private Collection) |
| page 291 | Diane de Poitiers at Her Bath , by François Clouet. (Kress Collection, Washington, D.C., USA/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 292 | Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566) as Diana the Huntress (oil on canvas). Fontainebleau School, 16c. (Musée de la Venerie, Senlis, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 294 | Anet: Existing façade. (Private Collection) |
| page 295 | Anet: Casement window showing “HD” cipher. (Private Collection) |
| page 296 | Anet. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, France) |
| page 297 | Anet: Marble chimneypiece in the shape of a tomb. (Private Collection) |
| page 299 | Ceiling design for the château d’Anet, with Diane’s symbols. (Private Collection) |
| page 300 | Anet: Diane’s carved bedhead. (Private Collection) |
| page 301 | Nymph of Fontainebleau (bronze), by Benvenuto Cellini. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 302 | Anet: Pediment of portico with bronze hounds, part of the famous clock. (Private Collection) |
| page 314 | Marie de Guise , by Corneille de Lyon. (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 331 | Diane de Poitiers’ signature. (Private Collection) |
| page 336 | Henri II and Catherine de’ Medici , Anon. (Private Collection) |
| page 339 | Mary, Queen of Scots . French School, 16c. (Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France/Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 354 | Tournament at which Henri Receives a Fatal Wound , 30 June 1559 , by Jacques Tortorel. (Location unknown/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 358 | The Death of Henri II , by J. J. Perrissin. (Private Collection/Archives Charmet/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 362 | “HD” and “HC” ciphers. (Private Collection) |
| page 369 | The chapel at Anet. (Private Collection) |
Color insert | |
| page 1 | François I Receiving a Painting of the Holy Family by Raphael , by Anicet-Charles Lemonnier. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 1 | The Battle of Marignano , by Alexander-Evariste Fragonard. (Château de Versailles, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
| page 2 | The Emperor Charles V on Horseback , by Tiziano Vecellio (Titian). (Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain/The Bridgeman Art Library/ www.bridgeman.co.uk ) |
