Gallery of Francis I, Palace of Fontainebleau (1539)*

Artist/Designer: Rosso Fiorentino

Project Location: Paris, France

Figure 1: Gallery of Francis I. Source: crystalmartel, The Francis I Gallery. 2010, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 4, 2014 )

Figure 2: Gallery of Francis I. Source: Essential Renaissance Interiors, Chateau de Fontainebleau ...le galerie. 2009, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 4, 2014 )

Figure 3: Gallery of Francis I. Source: Vampire Count, Chateau de Fontainebleau. 2010, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 4, 2014 )

Figure 4: Gallery of Francis I. Source: Mattis, Francis I Gallery, Chateau de Fontainbleau. 2007, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 4, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Renaissance

Primary Material(s):
Plaster, Wood, Paint

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

http://www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr/The-Francis-I-Gallery?lang=en

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/font/hd_font.htm

http://www.artble.com/artists/rosso_fiorentino/paintings/galerie_of_francois_i

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/travel/fontainebleau-grand-palace-magical-forest.html

Significant Date(s):
16th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-

Morin, Jean. The Palace of Fontainebleau. Paris: Henri Laurens, 1980.

Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie, Georges Fessy, and Judith Hayward. Fontainebleau. Paris: Éd. Scala, 1998.

Picon, Guillaume, Éric Sander, and Barbara Mellor. A day at Château de Fontainebleau, 2016.

Additional Information

Building Address
77300 Fontainebleau, France

Supporting Designers/Staff

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) directed designers during construction of interior
Furniture by Francesco Scibec da Carpi

Significant Dates
Constructed in 1528 as a passageway
Becomes main apartment of Francis I in 1531

Associated Projects
Palace of Fontainebleau

Tags

Renaissance, Fountainebleau, French, France, Chateaux, Chateau, Residential Structure, Petite Apartement

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