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A history of French architecture, from the reign of Charles VIII till the death of Mazarin (1911)

Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London : G. Bell and sons, ltd. · leaf 82

An illustration from A history of French architecture, from the reign of Charles VIII till the death of Mazarin, 1911, leaf 82 — Marie deM6dicis, Du Breul and Bunel painted the others, but when it came tothe ceiling, the painters left the kings and queens of France to theirown devices, and painted the fight of the Giants, one figure stretchingfrom the springing of the vault half-way across its curve, which, accord-ing to De… … > D O III. m KAi K I. ;4 HENRI IV 35 Sauval, ii, 39, describes these paintings with his customary zest. Andro-meda, for example, regarde son liberateur avec zele et avec pudeur ; Le Dieu Pan, avec sa laideur ordinaire, et couronne dun grand bouquetde cornes, employe toute son Industrie et toute…

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