Painted ceiling, Salle des Gardes, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre
La Chicheface, a she-wolf with woman in her mouth representing Marguerite de Feschal, wife of Jean Bourre, representing an Angevin legend about a wolf who only feeds on faithful women, moralising detail from the painted coffered ceiling in the Salle des Gardes, or Guard Room, in the Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, built 1468-73 in Renaissance style for Jean Bourre, Ecuille, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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