CORNEILLE DE LYON
(b. 1500/10, The Hague, d. after 1574, Lyon)

François de Montmorency

1557
Oil on panel, 19 x 16 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

François de Montmorency served as a military officer under King Henri II of France and as governor of Paris for a time. Of several known portraits, this is the only one that shows him as a young man. Though small in scale, Corneille's painting records the sitter's face and costume with remarkable precision.




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