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Title: Francis I (1494–1547), King of France. Artist: Workshop of Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish, Cleve ca. 1485–1540/41 Antwerp) Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood. Dimensions: 16 x 12 7/8 in. (40.6 x 32.7 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931. Accession Number: 32. ...
Mar 17, 2015 · The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 24 May 2024. Francis I was king of France from 1515 to 1547. Francis built on the work done by Louis XI and set the scene for the clash between the monarchy and the nobility in the French Wars of Religion. The reign of Francis I is dominated by the spread of absolute monarchy, Humanism and Protestantism.
Francis I (1494–1547), who ruled France from 1515 until his death, was an intense admirer of Italian art, and from early on in his reign he courted the best Italian painters and craftsmen. When he conquered Milan in 1515, he saw at first hand the work of Leonardo da Vinci. So impressed was he that he invited the great Italian artist, then ...
Mar 8, 2018 · Francis I. : Leonie Frieda. Orion, Mar 8, 2018 - History - 400 pages. Francis I (1494-1547) was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed and flawed. Arguably he was also the most significant king that France ever had. A contemporary of Henry VIII of England, Francis saw himself as the first Renaissance king. A courageous and heroic warrior, he was also ...
Mar 3, 1997 · The French king and contemporary of Henry VIII died on March 31st, 1547. In life Francis I, 'Most Christian King' of a France that only sixty years before his accession had finally expelled English occupiers from the realm (and had still to tolerate Calais as an English enclave until 1559), was frequently compared to and set as a rival against ...
FRANCIS I, King of France, son of Charles of Valois, Count of Angouléme, and Louise of Savoy, was born at Cognac on the 12th of September 1494. The count of Angouléme, who was the great-grandson of King Charles V, died in 1496, and Louise watched over her son with passionate tenderness. On the accession of Louis XII in 1498, Francis became ...
Feb 9, 2024 · Francis I (French: François Premier and François d'Angoulême) (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. Francis I is considered to be France's first Renaissance monarch. His reign saw France make immense cultural advances. He was a contemporary of Suleiman the ...
