CLOUET, François
(b. ca. 1510, Tours, d. 1572, Paris)

Henri II of Valois and Caterina de' Medici, Surrounded by Members of Their Family

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Tempera on parchment (minatures)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

This panel, which belonged to Christine of Lorraine, granddaughter of Caterina de' Medici and Henri II, King and Queen of France, probably accompanied her to Florence for her wedding with Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici. The portrait miniatures include Mary Stuart, future queen of Scots, and her husband, Francis II, as well as Francis I and Queen Claude, parents of Henri II.