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Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610

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  • The exhumed corpse of the French King Henry IV standing bandaged and upright in a coffin in the vaults of the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Line engraving with etching by E. Bovinet, A. Chataigner and T.B. de Jolimont after E.H. Langlois.
  • Henri IV of France touching the head of a kneeling man for the king's evil (scrofula). Line engraving.
  • The birth of Henri of Navarre (Henry IV King of France). Line engraving by J.B. Pfitzer after L. Lafitte.
  • The birth of Henri IV at the castle of Pau. Oil painting after Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria.
  • Caesar Nostradamus reveals to Marie de' Medici a vision of King Henri IV as her future husband. Etching by N. Ransonnette, 1782.
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    Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henry le Grand / Mis en ordre, avec des remarques, par M.L.D.L.D.L. [i.e. l'Abbé de L'Écluse des Loges].

    Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de, 1559-1641. | Date: 1747
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    The church of San Lorenzo, Florence, with funerary decorations to mark the death of King Henri IV of France. Etching, 1610.

    | Date: [1610?] | Reference: 528471i
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    The birth of Henri IV at the castle of Pau. Oil painting after Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria.

    Devéria, Eugène, 1805-1865. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 44684i
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    A woman personifying the city of Lyons, carried in a chariot drawn by lions, passes before King Henri IV and Marie de' Medici who are in the guise of Jupiter and Juno; representing the meeting of Henri IV and Marie de' Medici in Lyons after their marriage by proxy. Engraving by G. Duchange, 170-, after J.B. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: [between 1700 and 1709] | Reference: 3063501i
    Part of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.
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    The birth of Henri of Navarre (Henry IV King of France). Line engraving by J.B. Pfitzer after L. Lafitte.

    Lafitte, Louis, 1770-1828. | Reference: 17223i
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