THE STYLE OF HENRY II. 



2O I 



above, given instructions to 

 Primaticcio immediately after her 

 husband's death to design a mag- 

 nificent mausoleum at St Denis. 

 The remainder of his life (1559- 

 70) was largely spent in perfecting 

 the design, preparing models, col- 

 lecting precious marbles for the 

 decoration, and in superintending 

 the staff of sculptors, bronze 

 founders, and masons at work on 

 the statues, reliefs, and other or- 

 namental portions. Among the 

 artists employed at various times 

 for the mausoleum and tomb 

 were Girolamo della Robbia, 

 Domenico Fiorentino, and Ger- 

 main Pilon, and the builder was Louis Le Rambert, who had worked 

 under Primaticcio at Fontainebleau. The foundations do not appear 



201. ST DENIS : PLAN OF THE VAI.OIS 

 MAUSOLEUM. FROM J. MAROT. 



SCALE "F 



202. ELEVATION. 



203. SECTION. 



ST DENIS : VALOIS MAUSOLEUM OR TOUR DBS VALOIS, BY PRIMATICCIO 

 (Now DESTROYED). FROM J. MAROT, 



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