| Pierre de Bourdeille, AbbÉ and Seigneur de BrantÔme | Frontispiece |
| From an old engraving by I. Von Schley. |
| Page |
| FranÇois de Lorraine, Duc de Guise | 8 |
| By FranÇois Clouet; in the Louvre. |
| Discourse |
| I. | Tomb of Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne | 34 |
| 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 France | 44 |
| School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre. |
| II. | Henri II., King of France | 52 |
| By FranÇois Clouet; in the Louvre. |
| II. | Ball at the Court of Henri III., with Portraits | 81 |
| Attributed to FranÇois Clouet; in the Louvre. See description in note to Discourse VII. |
| III. | Marie Stuart, Queen of France and Scotland | 90 |
| Painter unknown; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. |
| III. | The Same | 120 |
| School of the sixteenth century; Versailles. |
| V. | Henri IV., King of France | 166 |
| By Franz Pourbus (le jeune); in the Louvre. |
| V. | Élisabeth de France, Queen of Spain | 185 |
| By Rubens; in the Louvre. |
| V. | Coronation of Marie de’ Medici, With Portraits | 211 |
| By Rubens (Peter Paul); in the Louvre. See description in note to the Discourse. |
| VI. | FranÇois I., King of France | 224 |
| By Jean Clouet; in the Louvre. |
| VI. | Diane de France, Duchesse d’AngoulÊme | 232 |
| 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 France | 271 |
| By FranÇois Clouet; in the Louvre. |
| VII. | Louise de Lorraine, Wife of Henri III | 280 |
| School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre. |
| VII. | Henri III., King of France | 286 |
| School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre. |
