Salvete Omnes,
long time ago I posted this painting by Francois Clouet (1515-72) - a French master, who was skilled in water media as gouache and oil painting.
Dauphin Henri II Valois (1519-1559), 1543AD - at Menil Collection, Texas |
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monsieur Clouet painted several more paintings of French Valoise dynasts on horseback.
First, the splendid Francis I (1497- died 1547) - oil on oak panel
Francois I was defeated at the battle of Pavia 1525, during the Italian wars |
at Upton House, National Trust, UK |
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canvas on wood panel later transferred to canvass. |
Stallion's harness is splendid, perhaps silver or of metal textile while the saddle is perhaps of the cloth of gold - silk, gold and silver. The saddle has two cinches, woven in the same ornament pattern as the saddle,.
king Henri II died after getting eye-to-brain injury from a splinter hurled from a broken lance wielded by his opponent count de Montgomery of the Scottish Guard during a joust 10 days earlier.
enjoy
Valete
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