1-631-407 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Statue of King Philip le Bel, 1575 (1849). Wooden equestrian statue placed in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 1328, destroyed in 1772. Philip IV (1268-1314), called the Fair (Very pleasing to the eye) or the Handsome (French: le Bel), reigned as King of France from 1285 until his death. A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Séré and A Rivaud, Volume III (Paris, 1849).