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à cheval: Le portrait Ãquestre dans la France de la Renaissance
Fonkenell, Guillaume. et al.: Ã cheval: Le portrait Ãquestre dans la France de la Renaissance. Exhibition: Ecouen, Chateau and Ecouen, MusÃe National de la Renaissance, 2024. 320 pages, over 200 colour illustrations. Hardback. 25 x 20cms. A look at the prominence of equestrian portraiture in Renaissance France. Ten essays discuss the practice and depiction of horse riding, including the strong medieval and chivalric influence, festivals and parades, and images of women, The Valois, and Henry IV with horses. Followed by a catalogue of 156 works divided into five chronological sections ranging from antiquity to the time of Louis XIII. Each work - including paintings, prints, sculpture, and elaborately carved furniture - is illustrated. Includes a descriptive list of locations which originally housed several important equestrian works. Text in French.
A look at the prominence of equestrian portraiture in Renaissance France. Ten essays discuss the practice and depiction of horse riding, including the strong medieval and chivalric influence, festivals and parades, and images of women, The Valois, and Henry IV with horses. Followed by a catalogue of 156 works divided into five chronological sections ranging from antiquity to the time of Louis XIII. Each work - including paintings, prints, sculpture, and elaborately carved furniture - is illustrated. Includes a descriptive list of locations which originally housed several important equestrian works. Text in French
