Château de Chenonceau

Bullant, Jean II; L'Orme, Philibert de
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/101195
Date
1515-1589
Description
View of the upper stories of the eastern turreted pavilion of the Chateau; 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
château
Subject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Medici family, Renaissance
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