French Portraits

Children's Portraits 

Suzanne de Bourbon by Jean Hey (Louvre RF 1754). ca. 1492 

The Dauphin Charles-Orlant by Jean Hey (Louvre RF 1942 28). 1494

Portrait of a Child of the Royal Family (Louvre MI 1300). 16th C.

Bust of a young prince (Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst M 301). France - ca. 1555 

François-Hercule de France, Duke of Alençon (Louvre MI 836). 1566-67

Portrait of a Child (Brooklyn Museum 32.811). ca. 1570

  

Group Portraits

Hunting and pastoral tapestry (National Gallery of Art 2014.136.299, -.300, -.301). France – ca. 1510

A Dialogue on Human Favour (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.34.a). France – ca. 1512-14

"Friendship Is Equality; A Friend Is Another Self" (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.42). France – ca. 1512-14

"Obliterate the Trace of the Pot in the Ashes" (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.39). France – ca. 1512-14

A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.31). France – ca. 1512-14

 

Men's Portraits

Philippe le Beau (Louvre RF 1969 18). 15th C.

Portrait of a Man by Jean Perreal (Louvre RF 1993 8). 15th C. 

Charles VII, King of France by Jean Fouquet (Louvre INV 9106; LP 3509). 1445-50

Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins by Jean Fouquet (Louvre INV 9619; LP 1482). 1450-60

Man with a Glass of Wine (Louvre RF 1585). 1450-75

Portrait, known as that of Jeanne de Montaigu, wife of Hugues de Rabutin by Master of Saint Jean de Luze (Louvre RF 1985 23). 1470

Anne de Montmorency (Louvre OA 428; ECL 22280). 16th C.

Jean d'Albon, seigneur de Saint-André (Louvre RF 342). 16th C. 

François de Guerrier (Louvre DL 1973 20). 16th C. 

Francis I (Louvre INV 3257; C 322). 16th C.

Portrait of a Man, known as Ferdinand François d'Avalos (Louvre MI 794). 16th C. 

Henri IV (Louvre INV 1719; LP 5715; P.524C). 16th C.

Henri IV (Louvre RF 3972). 16th C.

Yves d'Alègre (Louvre PRO RF 1965 1; D.1969.4). 16th C.

"Do Not Give Your Right Hand to All and Sundry" (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.52). France - ca. 1512-14

“You are Shooting at Heaven” (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.36). France – ca. 1512-15

“Do not sit on the Grain Measure” (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.60). France – ca. 1512-14

François I, King of France (Louvre MI 832). 1500-50

Alleged portrait of Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (Louvre INV 9451; B 2364). 1525-50

Portrait of a Man by Corneille de Lyon (Louvre RF 1938 6). 1525-50

Portrait of a man wearing the insignia of an order (Louvre RF 537). 1550-1600

Charles de La Rochefoucauld, Count of Randan (Louvre RF 1961 10). 1525-50 

François I, King of France by Jean Clouet (Louvre INV 3256; B 1964). 1525-50 

Guillaume de Montmorency (Louvre INV 9446; B 362). 1525-50

François I, King of France by Titian (Louvre INV 753; MR 505). 1538

Jean de Bourbon-Vendôme, Count of Soissons and Enghien by Corneille de Lyon (Louvre RF 357). 1540-60 

Henri II (Louvre RF 1960 5). France - 1547

Chrestien de Savigny (Louvre MI 841). 1550-75

Jean Babou, Lord of La Bourdaisière (Louvre INV 3273; B 2430). 1550-75

Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France (Louvre MI 838). 1550-1600  

Henri II, King of France (Louvre INV 3260; B 2355). 1550-1600

Portrait of a Gentleman (Louvre RF 2162). 1550-1600

Portrait of a Man Aged 33 Years (Louvre INV 2100; MR 879). 1550-1600

François de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (Louvre INV 3267; B 2437). ca. 1555

Henri II, King of France (Louvre INV 3259; MR 1339). 1559 

Charles IX, King of France (Louvre INV 3253; MR 13370. ca. 1566

The Flautist by Jacob Bunel (Louvre RF 2001 14). 1591

Henri de Lorraine (Louvre INV 20231; L41.587; R 181). 1580-1600

Portrait of a Gentleman attributed to Adriaen Thomasz Key (Louvre MNR 446). 1560

Pierre Forget, lord of Fresnes (Louvre RF 1941 29). 1565

Portrait of a one-eyed flautist (Louvre RF 1948 26). 1566

Etienne Dumonstier II by Pierre Dumonstier I (National Gallery of Ireland NGI.2193). ca. 1569


Women's Portraits

Portrait of a Woman (Louvre RF 1993 20). 15th C.

Portrait of a princess of the House of Este by Pisanello (Louvre RF 766). 1425-50

The Lady with Thoughts (Louvre INV 9925; LP 6640). 1475-1500

Claude de France (Louvre RF 1973 30). 16th C.

Jeanne D'Albret, Queen of France by Marc Duval (National Gallery of Art 1950.14.14). France – 16th C.

Portrait of a Woman (Louvre RF 1973 39). 16th C.

Portrait of a Woman (Louvre MNR 29). 16th C.

Portrait of a Woman (Louvre MNR 26 ; D 1956-1). 16th C.

Catherine de Bourbon, Duchess de Bar (Louvre MI 856). Late 16th C. 

Presumed portrait of Louise de Rieux, Lady of Ancenis by Corneille de Lyon (Louvre RF 669). 1525-50

Mlle. de Cosse by Corneille de Lyon (Brooklyn Museum 32.778). late 1540s-60s

Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (Louvre MI 850). 1550-75

Jeanne d'Angennes, dame de Saint-Bohaire (Louvre MI 857). 1550-65 

Charlotte de Roye, Countess of La Rochefoucauld (Louvre INV 3278; B 2362). 1550-75

Portrait of a Young Woman by Corneille de Lyon (Brooklyn Museum 34.492). 1555-65

Portrait of a Woman Aged 21 Years (Louvre MI 795). 1560-1600

Claude de Beaune de Semblançay, Lady of Chateaubrun (Louvre INV 3277; C 329). 1563

Diane de France, Duchess of Angoulême (Louvre INV 3271; B 2424). 1568

Half-Length Portrait of a Woman (Louvre MNR 14). France - 1570

Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Louvre MI 859). 1570-75 

Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France by François Clouet (Louvre INV 3254; B 2371). 1571

Louise of Lorraine, Queen of France (Louvre MI 852). 1580-85

Catherine-Henriette de Balsac d’Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil (Louvre RF 1007; MV 5500; Cl 1776 (Cluny)). 1600

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