French School 16th century

Collection of Arturo Berlingieri by a mark on the back of the frame

A l'oeil nu, le tableau apparaît dans un état de conservation satisfaisant. Il est peint sur un panneau de bois tendre, constitué d'une planche non parquetée. Le panneau est parfaitement droit, et la matière parfaitement stable. Le tableau est sous un vernis vert très sale qui a besoin d'être allégé. A l'oeil nu, on ne remarque pas de restauration. A la lampe UV : le tableau apparaît sous un vernis vret uniforme. On remarque quelques légères reprises dans les fonds, essentiellement dans le ciel et dans le coin supérieur droit. On remarque une restauration dans le bas du manteau de François Ier, sur la gauche au premier plan. To the naked eye, the painting is in a good overall condition. It is painted on a soft wood panel, made of one uncradled board. The panel is perfectly straight and the painted surface perfectly stable. It is under a very dirty varnish which needs to be lightened. To the naked eye, we can not see any restoration. Under the UV lamp, the painting is under a green even varnish. We can see some tiny retouches in the sky and the lower right corner mainly. We see a restoration in the coat of the king François Ier on the left at the foreground.
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This 16th century French school work would be an allegory representing Francis I in the footsteps of Julius Caesar, standing behind his two sons in the foreground, the navigator Jacques Cartier on the left, and alongside Suleiman the Magnificent, recognizable by his large white turban, surrounded by his guards. The background depicts different monuments of Rome, from left to right the circus of Caligula and Nero with its obelisk currently on St. Peter's Square, the Cestius pyramid, the Colosseum, a triumphal arch, evoking that of Titus, as well as the Castel Sant'Angelo. The alliance of the Ottoman emperor and the French King against Charles V is highlighted here with an audience of Oriental and French figures. The King self-assimilates Caesar from the beginning of his reign, like so many 16th century rulers and especially his predecessor Louis XII. The power of the two sovereigns is staged here in the heart of the Eternal City, a sign of the promise of a destiny as glorious as the Roman emperor’s.