THE STYLE OF HENRY II. 



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137. FONTAINEBLEAU : BALL-ROOM OR GALLERY OF HENRY II. 



Decorated by Ph. de POrme and Primaticcio. 



from the White Horse Court to the first floor of the palace, and the 

 remodelling of the Pavilion des Poe'les at the south-west angle of the 

 Fountain Court to serve as Henry's apartment. A panelled ceiling, 

 carved by Ambroise Ferret, now in one of the apartments occupied by 

 Pope Pius VII. under Napoleon / and fragments of the marble chimney- 

 piece carved by Pierre Bontemps, now in a room over the vestibule to 

 the chapel, formed part of this decoration. The King's Cabinet (I on 

 plan, fig. 61) projecting towards the lake, added to this pavilion by 

 de I'Orme has been superseded, like the horse-shoe stair, by later build- 

 ings. The arcaded loggia masking the lower storey of the Francis I. 

 Gallery towards the Fountain Court is probably his work, as well as 

 the gallery (polpitre) in the St Saturnin chapel, carried on marble 

 Ionic columns. 



BALL-ROOM AT FONTAINEBLEAU. The Bali-Room or Gallery of 

 Henry II. (J on plan, fig. 61) was in an unfinished state at the end 

 of Francis I.'s reign. Its completion had been the subject of much 

 discussion, and Serlio complains bitterly that he was not consulted 

 in the matter, though nominally in charge of the building opera- 

 tions of the castle. It is a hall 98 feet long, 32 wide and 28 high, 

 lit on each side by five large arched windows, whose deep embra- 



