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Gabrielle d'Estrées and One of Her Sisters

School of Fontainebleau (unknown artist)

c. 1594

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The story

The mistress of Henry IV sits in a bath holding a ring while her sister pinches her nipple, traditionally read as announcing her pregnancy with the king's son César de Bourbon. A clothed version was made shortly afterwards.

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Object details

Title: Gabrielle d'Estrées and One of Her Sisters
Artist: School of Fontainebleau (unknown artist)
Date: c. 1594
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on panel
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0148
Original image: 3000 × 2231 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

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School of Fontainebleau (unknown artist). Gabrielle d'Estrées and One of Her Sisters. c. 1594. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0148/