Château de Chenonceau
Bullant, Jean II; L'Orme, Philibert de
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Date
1515-1589Description
Close view of the eastern pavilion of the Chateau showing the Library of Catherine de'Medici; Built by Thomas Bohier 1515-1522. In 1560 Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, compelled her husband's mistress Diane de Poitiers to surrender the Château of Chenonceau (Indre-et-Loire) to her. The gallery on the bridge spanning the Cher at the château (1576), was part of Bullant's scheme to add to the château's sense of scale by creating dramatic axial approaches. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/10/2008)
Type of Work
châteauSubject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Medici family, Renaissance
Rights
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