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King Henri III |
The Death of King Henri III of FranceThis image was nearly contemporary to the life of the King and shows him quite favorably as a rising Christ-like figure The others are from the 1800s and celebrate the accession of the house of Bourbon has Henri III's assassination: Henri De Navarre is center stage not Henri III.
The painting above is by Buffet - its full title is "Henri IV Receiving the Attributes of Monarchy from the Dying Henri III". It was an 1817 gift from King Louis XVIII to King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies after the Bourbons were restored to the throne of France, after the fall of Napoleon. Image source: RMN |
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