Excerpt from Collection des Dessins, 1867: Galerie Nº XII<br><br>Une série précieuse est celle des portraits dessinés aux trois crayons, par Daniel Dumous tier et ses élèves; il y en a 132, parmi lesquels les portraits de François I et de Charles IX, de France des reines Éléonore, Claude, Catherine et Marie de Médicis Marie Stuart, Marguerite de Valois, des Guise, des cardinaux Bertrand, Tournon etc., de Ronsard, Boisy, Clément Ma rot. C'est peut-être la collection de Mariette, achetée à sa mort par Mr. Delatour. (n° 2866 à 2997 de l'inventaire de l'ermitage Impérial).<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.