. The grammar of ornament . yal pair, represented naked; under every arch is placed an apostle; andat the four corners are four large statues of Justice, Strength, Prudence, and Wisdom: the wholebeing surmounted by statues of the King and Queen on their knees. The bas-reliefs represent thetriumphal entry of Louis into Genoa, and the battle of Aguadel, where he signalised himself byhis personal valour. The monument of Louis XII. has been often ascribed to Trebatti (Paul Ponee), but it was finishedbefore he came to France, as the following extract from the royal records proves. Francis I. addres
. The grammar of ornament . yal pair, represented naked; under every arch is placed an apostle; andat the four corners are four large statues of Justice, Strength, Prudence, and Wisdom: the wholebeing surmounted by statues of the King and Queen on their knees. The bas-reliefs represent thetriumphal entry of Louis into Genoa, and the battle of Aguadel, where he signalised himself byhis personal valour. The monument of Louis XII. has been often ascribed to Trebatti (Paul Ponee), but it was finishedbefore he came to France, as the following extract from the royal records proves. Francis I. addressesthe Cardinal Duprat:—II est deu a Jehan Juste mon sculteur ordinaire, porteur de ceste lasomme de 400 escus, restans des 1200 que je lui avoie pardevant or donnez pour la menage et conduitede la ville de Tours au lieu de St. Denis en France, de la sculpture de marbre de feuz Eoy Loys etEoyne Anne, &c. Novembre 1531. Not less worthy of study than the tomb of Louis XIL, and executed at the same period, are the HH 117. EENAISSANGE OENAMENT. beautiful carvings in alto and basso relievo, which ornament the whole exterior of the choir of theCathedral of Chartres; the subjects are taken from the lives of our Saviour and the Virgin, and fromforty-one groups, fourteen of which are the work of Jean Texier, who commenced in 1514, aftercompleting that part of the new clock-tower erected by him. These compositions are full of truth
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