Chapter I: Tomb of Louis XII. and Anne De Bretagne 34

By Jean Juste, in the Cathedral of Saint-Denis. The king and queen are carved as skeletons within the twelve columns; above they kneel at their prie-dieus, and the tradition is that the portraits are faithful. The cardinal virtues, Justice, Prudence, Temperance, and Fortitude, sit at the corners of the monument: the twelve apostles between the pillars; and round the base, between the virtues, are exquisite representations (not visible in the reproduction) of the king’s campaigns in Italy.

II. CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI, QUEEN OF FRANCE 44 School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre.

II. HENRI II., KING OF FRANCE 52 By François Clouet; in the Louvre.