Circle of François Clouet(Tours before 1522–1572 Paris)Portrait of Charles IX, King of France (1560–1574), half-length,oil on panel, 31.3 x 23.2 cm, framedProvenance:Private European collectionThe ...

Past Auction François Clouet French, b. before 1522–1572 Portrait of King Charles IX of France (1550-1574), 1561 Medium oil on panel Size 33.8 x 22.8 cm. (13.3 x 9 in.) ...

According to legend, King Charles IX of France was brought to his deathbed by his passion for sounding lung-lacerating halloos on the hunting horn. True or not, the fine art of horn blowing was for ...

Then acting as regent of France, the Italian noblewoman wears black—a symbol of mourning for her late husband Henry II—and wraps her arms around her newly crowned son, Charles IX.

One day his sovereign, King Charles IX of France asked N. if he could foretell the date of his own death.

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King ...