2-720-436 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Louis XII, 1509, (1907). Portrait of King Louis XII of France (1462-1515), sitting on a throne, with angels holding a crown over his head. The Dominican friar Alphonsus Ricius kneels as he offers Louis a copy of his work, "Dialogus in Valdensium de purgatorio errorem" [Josse Bade, Paris, 1509]. From "Exposition de Portraits, peints et dessinés", (Exhibition of painted and drawn portraits), catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale, April-June 1907. [Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1907]