Title
Francis I, King of France, c1540s?, (1907). Creator: Unknown.
Caption
Francis I, King of France, c1540s?, (1907). Portrait of Francis (1494-1547) who ruled France from 1515. He is regarded as France's first Renaissance monarch and his kingdom underwent great cultural advances during his reign. After a portrait made in 1565 by Pierre Dumonstier (after an earlier work), in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, after an early 16th century drawing by Jean Clouet. From "Exposition de Portraits, peints et dessinés", (Exhibition of painted and drawn portraits), catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale, April-June 1907. [Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1907]
Date
1907
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM19F35_179
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
61,3Mb (1,8Mb) / 13,6in x 17,5in / 4079 x 5255 (300dpi)