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Cardinal de Givry, a patron of architecture, …

Years: 1543 - 1543

Cardinal de Givry, a patron of architecture, also commissions tapestries on the subject of Mammes of Caesarea who is venerated in Langres.

Jean Cousin père receives a commission from the cardinal in 1543, for tapestries depicting the life of St. Hammes for the Cathedral of Langres.

These display the Mannerist influence of the School of Fontainebleau.

Jean Cousin the Elder: Saint Mammes and Duke Alexander (1543) tapestry, Louvre, Paris

Jean Cousin the Elder: Saint Mammes and Duke Alexander (1543) tapestry, Louvre, Paris

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