Illustration - Loire Valley
FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF LANGEAIS : HALL OF THE PREUX. ALL DRESSED IN RED AND ADORNED WITH A HERRINGBONE ARCH WITH OAK WARHEADS, IT TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE SEQUEL OF THE NINE PRINCES, A UNIQUE SET IN FRANCE OF SEVEN TAPESTRIES (IT LACKS THOSE OF JUDAS MACCHABEE AND CHARLEMAGNE) MADE AND WOVEN BETWEEN 1520 AND 1540 IN AUBUSSON AND FELLETIN (CREUSE). THE NINE PRINCES ARE HECTOR, ALEXANDER, CAESAR, JOSHUA, JUDAS MACCABE, DAVID, CHARLEMAGNE, KING ARTHUR AND GODEFROY DE BOUILLON. IN THE SIXTEENTH, THE "NINE PRIESTS" ARE A HOT TOPIC. TODAY, WE FIND THEM IN PLAYING CARDS, WITH THE SQUARE OF KINGS (ALEXANDER, DAVID, CAESAR, CHARLEMAGNE). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA004501213
- Registered date
- 2018/9/09 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Compoint Stephane/Only France/ABACA
- Media size
- 5000 × 3333 pixel
- Resolution
- 72 dpi
- Deployment size
- 2.96(MB)*
- Special instruction
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.
