Chimney Wall, Ballroom, Chateau de Fontainebleau

Chimney Wall of the Ballroom or Galerie Henri II, with frescoes of allegories of Diana and hunting painted c. 1552 by Niccolo dell'Abatte after drawings by Primaticcio, including Sebastine de Rabutin killing a lynx (top left), Diana with Cerberus and Cupid (below left), Hercules and a wild boar of Erymanthus (top right), and Diana in a chariot pulled by dragons (bottom left), Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The ballroom was started by Gilles le Breton under Francois I, completed by Philibert Delorme under Henri II. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13430459

Media ID

45117248

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5536px x 3696px (6.8MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen