Palace of Fontainebleau
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Palace of Fontainebleau, located 55 kilometers southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. It served as a hunting lodge and autumn r
Château de Fontainebleau
Fontaine Belle-Eau, the spring which gave its name to Fontainebleau
The original horseshoe staircase by Philibert de l'Orme in the Courtyard of Cheval Blanc (1559)
Fountain and garden behind the château (about 1680)
Francis II of France
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Francis II was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King of Scotland as the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 1558 until his death in 1560.
Palace of Fontainebleau
…A new generation of artists joined the work, including the Mannerists painters Primaticcio and Niccolò dell'Abbate. It was also the birthplace of Francis II, Henry II's firstborn son. Following the death of Henry II in a jousting accident, his widow, Catherine de' Medici, took over the project, which she…
Portrait attributed to François Clouet, c. 1558
Coinage under Francis II, with the bust of his father Henri II
Francis of Lorraine, Duke of Guise. Pencil portrait by François Clouet.
The execution of the conspirators at Amboise. Engraving by Jacques Tortorel and Jean Perrissin, 1569–1570