Manuscript, Chateau du Clos Luce, Amboise

Charles of Orleans and his wife Louise of Savoy playing chess against an unknown person, 1504, from Les Echecs Amoureux, a 14th century allegorical poem, illustrated in a manuscript for Louise de Savoie, late 15th century, Bibliotheque Nationale collection, in the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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