French nobles wrestling in a show bout, 16th century

French nobles wrestling in a show bout, 16th century. A champion in violet silk top, blue and white parti-coloured stockings, is being held back by a judge (King Francis I?) in slashed scarlet breeches and crimson hose. From a tapestry depicting the meeting of Francis I and Henry VIII of England at the Field of the Cloth of Gold 1520 in the possession of de Monbrison. France, Lutteurs. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer

16th Century 18th Century Book Illustrator Bout Costumes Historiques Des Xvie Edmond Lechevallier-chevignard Georges Duplessis Henry Viii King Francis I Slashed Breeches Tapestry Wrestling

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