Romantic colored lithograph of the famous French castle.
Displays the Renaissance architecture of Chenonceau spanning the River Cher. In the foreground, a highly stylized, romanticized royal barge featuring a mythological figurehead carries nobles in historical dress, evoking the era of Catherine de’ Medici.
French chateaus, Renaissance history, Romantic historical recreation.
Represents the mid-19th-century French Romantic obsession with recreating national history and architectural heritage through the new medium of lithography.
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