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This stained glass window, originally in the choir of the Sainte-Chapelle at Vincennes, depicts François I wearing the mantel and collar of the Order of Saint-Michel, kneeling on a violet cushion before a damask-draped prieu-dieu bearing an open book. This portrait, despite the accuracy of the likeness, does not date from the king's lifetime. The stained glass window was executed by the Parisian glazier Nicolas Beaurain between 1551 and 1556.
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