2-649-981 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Francois I as a Young Man', c1566, (1939). The illustration is part of an illuminated manuscript, Recueil des rois de France, by Jean du Tillet and dedicated to Charles IX, 1566. Francis I (French: François Ier) (12 September 1494 - 31 March 1547) was the first King of France from the Angouleme branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death. The work is housed in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris (ms. fr. 2848 fol. 150). From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]