THE STYLE OF HENRY II. 



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is known with the 

 exception of the 

 Pont Neuf in Paris. 

 L E P A i L L Y, 

 SULLY. It would 

 seem that the works 

 carried out at this 

 time at the chateaux 

 of Le Pailly and 

 Sully-cn- Bourgogne, 

 both the property of 

 Marshal de -Saulx- 

 Tavannes, were in 

 the nature of a re- 



i ;o. CHATEAU OF TANLAY : OUTER GATEHOUSE. 



casting of mediaeval buildings and that the architect was Charles 

 Ribonnier of Langres. Both show the same mastery of proportion and 

 fertility of resource in composition, the same crisply designed cartouche 

 work, and the decorative use of various types of tooling. The only 

 criticism to which they are open is a possible excess of ornament. At 



Le Pailly (Fig. 169), the 

 earlier of the two (be- 

 gun 1564), advanced 

 classic forms are com- 

 bined with such remi- 

 niscences of the age of 

 Francis I. as a charm- 

 ing open stair turret 

 and elaborate gables. 

 It also has a feature 

 afterwards used on the 

 Louvre galleries in a 

 row of contiguous pedi- 

 ments. At Sully (Fig. 

 1 68), where Ribonnier's 

 work (1567-96) is seen 

 in the four elevations 

 of the court, and offers 

 three variants on the 

 same theme, the roof 

 line is quite unbroken 

 except for a few dor- 

 mers of small size, and 

 there is no attempt 

 171. CHATEAU OF LOUPPY. at picturesqueness. 



