Dressing room of Margaret of Bavaria, Chateau

Dressing room of Margaret of Bavaria (Marguerite de Baviere, future Duchess of Burgundy), 14th century, with wall paintings by Jean de Beaumetz and his assistant Armoult Picornet, with initials of the ducal couple (P and M) and thistles, on the first floor of the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Baviere Bold Bourgogne Bourgogne-franche-comte Burgundian Dammartin Drouet Ducal Duchesse Flanders Flandres Germolles Hardi Initial Marguerite Thistle Valois

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