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View of the Cour du Cheval Blanc with the horseshoe-shaped staircase, c.1900

Giraudon, Adolphe (1849-1929); French. Medium: black and white photograph. Escalier en fer a cheval; King Francis I (1494-1547) ordered considerable development at the Chateau; architects Gilles le Breton (d.1552) Jean Bullant (1520-78) Philibert Delorme (1505-70); staircase built under Louis XIII (1601-43) by archiyect Jean Androuet du Cerceau (c.1585-1649); Farewell of Napoleon to the Imperial Guard; Provenance: Chateau de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France / Giraudon. Photographic Rights The Bridgeman Art Library.