Anonymous, 1585 - Portrait of Henry I of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, says Scarface (1550 to 1588). - fine art print

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Henri de Lorraine, 3rd Duke of Guise, called "Scarface" French prince from a younger branch of the House of Lorraine, held an important place at court as "Grand Master" and "peer of France" . At the head of a powerful aristocratic clan, he became popular during the wars of religion as a defender of the Catholic faith. Became head of the "Holy Union" (1584), he aspired to govern France. After the "Day of the Barricades" (12 May 1588), he became the master of Paris, but was assassinated on the orders of Henry III during the Estates General of Blois (23 December 1588). His death indirectly caused the assassination of King (1st August 1589).

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The over 430 years old artwork called Portrait of Henry I of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, says Scarface (1550 to 1588). was created by the painter Anonymous in the year 1585. The masterpiece has the following inscription: Registration - On the front, top, in the middle: "IT IS NOT THE VEOID QVE Traict DV VISAIGE AND THE YEVX GVIZARD VALEREVX IN SMALL [...] / [...] GRANDEVR HIS GRAVE IN Reno CIEVLX -. EVEN BEFORE PLVS QVE EC COVP SVR [...]; we do voied that traictz, the visaige and yeulx / Guizard of valereux, in this small space // his greatness his fame, are grauez in cieulx / Encores more auant that the blow on his face - ". Nowadays, this artpiece is in the the art collection of Musée Carnavalet Paris, which is a museum dedicated to the history of the city Paris. With courtesy of Musée Carnavalet Paris (licensed: public domain).Additionally, the artwork has the following creditline: . Furthermore, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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