2-623-044 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Portrait of Francois I of France', c16th century. Francis I, King of France, c1520-1525 (1956). Francis (1494-1547) ruled France from 1515. He is regarded as France's first Renaissance monarch and his kingdom underwent great cultural advances during his reign. In foreign policy he was a contemporary and rival of Charles V of Spain and Henry VIII of England. From The Studio Volume 103. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1932]