Catherine de Medici, queen to King Henry II of France from 1547-1559. In caul with crown, ruff collar, mantle and gown with gold embroidery. Cour de Henri II, 1550. Handcoloured steel engraving by Gabriel Xavier Montaut after an illustration by Francois Claudius Compte-Calix from Album Keepsake des Costumes de la cour Francaise depuis Charles VII jusqu’a Louis XVI, Keepsake Album of French Court Costumes from Charles VII to Louis XVI, Modes Parisiennes, Paris, 1854.

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