No. 94.

An infant in a white dress, richly brocaded. Close cap and bourlet or pudding. Jewelled chain and cross round the neck. Rattle in the left hand. Inscription, ‘viii. Octob. MDLXIIII., ætat. mens. vi.’


No. 95.

FRANCIS THE FIRST, KING OF FRANCE, AND

HIS QUEEN, ELEANOR OF AUSTRIA.

Painter doubtful.

FRANCIS, BORN 1494, DIED 1547. ELEANOR, DIED 1558.

King:—Red and white slashed dress. Feathers and jewels in his cap.

Eleanor:—Blue and white embroidered dress. Slashed cap with jewels and feathers. Holding the King’s hand, and in her other a Caduceus with bells, issuing from an artichoke or pine cone. A jester in the background.