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Gabrielle Estrees and one of her Sisters
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Gabrielle Estrees and one of her Sisters

Master of the Fontainebleau School
about 1595
Oil on canvas, 96 x 125 cm
Paris, Musee du Louvre
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The motif of this painting is still unknown. Some consider that the blonde woman is in fact Gabrielle d'Estrees, mistress of French king Henry IV, and that the painting is an allusion of the birth of their son Cesar. Besides Gabrielle the other woman portrayed should be her sister considering the likeness of both portraits. Another theory suggests that this is a 'twin' portrait of the same person.
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