The François I Gallery: an eternal heritage for a timeless iconography

Name: The François I Gallery: an eternal heritage for a timeless iconography
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Fontainebleau

On-site reservation at the Cour d'Honneur kiosk

Saturday 17 September 2022, 14:00Passed

Conditions

On-site reservation at the Cour d'Honneur kiosk

@Jérôme Schwab

Jean Vittet, curator Since its completion in 1537, the Galerie François I, because of its singularity, has always aroused special interest. Having survived time despite the fashion changes, not without having undergone some modifications, it is still the subject of research on its use and the meaning of its iconography.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

Patrimoine durable

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit, Sur inscription

About the location

Château de Fontainebleau

Place du Général de Gaulle 77300 Fontainebleau

Seine-et-Marne
Île-de-France

Palace with 1,500 rooms spread out in the heart of 130 hectares of park and gardens. Residence of the French sovereigns since the 12th century, entirely rebuilt by François I who kept only the keep formerly inhabited by King Saint Louis, and had a sumptuous interior decoration executed by Italian artists under the direction of Rosso and the Primatice (group of artists known as the Fontainebleau School). Notably enlarged by Henri IV, modified from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries by his successors, who partly destroyed the decoration of the sixteenth century.
Photo: The Grille d'Honneur and the Cour des Adieux Frédéric Perrot