Half-elevation of a niche with an elaborately decorated architectural motif over it , surmounted by a broken scroll pediment with a dolphin and laurel leaves surrounding the cipher H & M (Henri IV and Marie de Medicis) Artist/Photographer Gentilhatre, Jacques (b. 1578) Country France Subject Date 1600 Image Date 1600 View Exterior Style Renaissance Medium Drawing Library Reference VOS/231 f.152r Orientation Portrait Colour Info Colour Credit RIBA Collections Subject Temporary structures ; Arches ; Pediments ; Decorative stonework
NOTES: This drawing possibly represents a temporary structure put up to celebrate the birth of the Dauphin, the future Louis XIII, in 1601; or, perhaps, a more permanent part of Henri IV's constructions at the Louvre - for example, a 'triumphal arch' separating the Grand Galerie and the Petite Galerie.
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