THE STYLES OF HENRY IV. AND LOUIS XIII. 



233 



226. FONTAINEBLEAU : PORTE DAUPHINE OR BAPTISTERE DE LOUIS XIII. 



(c. 1600). 



From a Drawing by P. Hepworth. 



the Baptistery of Louis XIII. (Fig. 226). The moat in the White Horse 

 Court, no longer needed after the cessation of civil war, was emptied, 

 and Primaticcio's drawbridge gateway was removed, to be utilised as the 

 lower storey of the Porte Dauphine, which now became the main entrance. 

 Henry IV. Court. In front of it a new forecourt, "Cour des 

 Offices," or " Cour Henri IV.," was erected to contain the servants' 

 offices (finished 1609). The bulk of the buildings have but one storey, 



