Excerpt from The Renaissance of Art in France, Vol. 2 of 2<br><br>Francois I. Is reported by Brantome to have said of a squarely-built woman that she looked like une bateleuse, ou, pour dire plus proprement, une de ces femmes en peinture que l'on porte de Flandres,' and something of this Flemish type of form, broad and short, enters into all Pinaigrier's designs. We find it in his earlier works, in his Scenes from the Life of the Virgin,' and in the much-restored Visit of the Queen of Sheba' (i 5 - all glass-paintings in the church of St. Gervais, - and again the same type appears in the Salutation,' executed thirteen years later at Ecouen. His colour shows corresponding peculiarities, for rich violets, dark browns, and tones of sombre crimson replenish the scantier resources of the school from which he sprang, and combine to produce an effect of great depth and force.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.