. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . h . -^ I WEST DOOR OF ST. VIERRI. the possessor. add g THE RENAISSANCE AT PARIS 15. the Dauphin and his wife, Catherine de Medici, the Cardinalof Lorraine, Henry Navarre, and a numer-ous train of artist and his merrymen were at work onthe famous silver statueof Jupiter for Fontaine-bleau, and amid the noiseof the hammering theking entered unper-ceived. Cellini had thetorso of the statue in hishand, and at that momenta French lad who hadcaused him some littledispleasure had felt theweight o
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . h . -^ I WEST DOOR OF ST. VIERRI. the possessor. add g THE RENAISSANCE AT PARIS 15. the Dauphin and his wife, Catherine de Medici, the Cardinalof Lorraine, Henry Navarre, and a numer-ous train of artist and his merrymen were at work onthe famous silver statueof Jupiter for Fontaine-bleau, and amid the noiseof the hammering theking entered unper-ceived. Cellini had thetorso of the statue in hishand, and at that momenta French lad who hadcaused him some littledispleasure had felt theweight of the masters. foot, which sent him fly-ing against the Cellini had done abad days work by vio-lently evicting a servantof Madame dEstampesfrom the Tower, andthe injured lady andPrimaticcio, her protege,decided to workhis ruin. WhenCellini arrived atFontainebleau withthe statue, the kingordered it to beplaced in the grandgallery decoratedby Rosso. Prima-ticcio had just arranged there the casts which he had been com- TOWER OF ST. ETIENNE DU MONT. ^54 PARIS AND ITS STORY missioned to bring from Rome, and Cellini sawwhat was meant—his own work was to be eclipsed by the splendour of themasterpieces of ancient art. Heaven help me ! cried he, this is indeed to fall against the pikes 1 Now the godheld the globe of the earth in the left hand, the thunderboltin the right. Cellini contrived to thrust a portion of a largewax candle as a torch between the flames of the bolt, and setthe statue up on its gilded pedestal. Madame entertainedthe king late at table, hoping that he would either forget orsee
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