Chateau d'Anet: the funerary chapel of Diane de Poitiers
Artist/Photographer | Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques (fl. 1549-1584) |
Country | France |
City | Anet |
Subject Date | 1577 |
Image Date | 1579 |
View | Plan |
Style | Renaissance |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | EW E.d.8(2) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Chapels ; Country houses |
SOURCE: Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Le second volume des plus excellents bastiments de France (Paris, 1607), unnumbered plate NOTES: This chateau was built in 1547-1552 for Diane de Poitiers, Duchess of Valentinois and mistress of Henry II of France. The funerary chapel was not consecrated until March 1577.
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