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Fig. 1089. From the small equestrian portrait of Henri II
Attributed to Jean Clouet. The suit the King is wearing is that shown in Fig. 1090. Formerly in the collection of the King of Holland, later in the Magniac Collection. Now in that of Madame Steinkoff
white "à cause de la belle veuve, qu'il servait" (Diane de Poitiers). The suit, as seen to-day, has a russeted surface, and the embossed ornamentation is gilded—an enrichment possibly added in the XVIIth century, when this
