Painting #B12 - Ecole de Fontainebleau

Ecole de Fontainebleau

The Ecole de Fontainebleau refers to two periods of artistic production in France during the late Renaissance centered around the royal Château de Fontainebleau, that were crucial in forming the French version of Northern Mannerism.

Diana the Huntress
- School of Fontainebleau (c.1530–c.1610, French)
- oil on canvas (190 x 132 cm) in 1550-60
- Louvre (Paris)

Diana [Roman]/ Artemis [Greek] is Goddess of the Hunt, Forests and Hills, the Moon, Archery.

The Toilet of Venus
- Ecole de Fontainebleau
- oil on canvas (97 x 126 cm) c.1550
- Louvre (Paris) 

Presumed Portrait of Gabrielle d'Estrees & Her Sister 
- Ecole de Fontainebleau
- oil (96 x 125 cm) in c.159
Louvre (Paris) 

Regarded as the first beauty of France, Gabrielle (R) was pregnant.

Source: Wikipedia