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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



narrow side-passages ; while 

 it is ill suited as a platform 

 for the kneeling figures of 

 Francis, Claude and their 

 children, which are of another 

 scale, but may not have been 

 in accordance with de 1'Orme's 

 intentions. Sixteen putti in- 

 tended to crown the columns 

 were diverted to other uses. 



TOMB OF HENRY II. 

 The tomb of Henry II. 

 avoids these defects to a great 

 extent. Its oblong plan with 

 openings wider at the sides 

 is better adapted for the re- 

 ception of the gisants, and its 

 mass, which does not repro- 

 duce a complete edifice in 

 miniature, is better suited as 

 the pedestal for the priants 

 and also better proportioned. 

 The sculpture is by Germain 

 Pilon and others, the figures 

 left unfinished at their deaths 



by Ricoveri and della Robbia not having been utilised. The tomb is 

 in white marble, with grey columns and red panels in the base. 



BREZE TOMB, ROUEN, &c. The finest example of a wall-tomb of 

 the advanced Renaissance is that of Louis de Breze at Rouen (1535-44), 

 probably designed and in part executed by Jean Goujon in black and 

 white marble, with the corpse-effigy below between pairs of Corinthian 

 columns, an equestrian statue above between pairs of caryatids, and under 

 an arch, crowned by a seated allegorical figure in a niche (Fig. 205). 



Other examples of tombs are those of Guillaume du Bellay in Le Mans 

 Cathedral (1544-50); and of the brothers Gouffier (1558-60) at Oyron, 

 probably by Juste de Juste. The Holy Sepulchres at St Maclou, Pontoise, 

 and St Nicolas, Troyes, are interesting examples of Henry II. design. 



CHURCH ACCESSORIES. Among the finest Henry II. church doors 

 are those ascribed to, and perhaps partly the work of, Jean Goujon at St 

 Maclou, Rouen (Fig. 154), and those of St Pierre at Avignon. The 

 castle chapel at Ecouen once exhibited a rich set of fittings all probably 

 designed and partly executed by Jean Goujon. They comprised the 

 beautiful black and white marble altar and the marquetry stalls, now 

 removed to Chantilly, and an organ gallery exquisite in its proportion 



206. LAON CATHEDRAL: CHAPEL SCREEN. 



