The Gallery of Francis I
The Renaissance gallery at Fontainebleau with stucco and frescoes by Rosso Fiorentino.
Francis I had Italian artists decorate the gallery at Fontainebleau. Rosso Fiorentino and Primaticcio combined frescoes with stucco figures that frame them, a technique that became a model for the School of Fontainebleau.
The gallery brought Italian Renaissance decoration into France. It is one of the earliest examples of the interplay between painting and stucco in a room.
Materials: Stucco, frescoes, wood panelling and gilding
Manufacture: Decorated 1533–1540 by Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio at the château of Fontainebleau.
The stucco frames with figures surrounding the frescoes.
The frescoes with mythological scenes.
The carved walnut panelling.