Le tournoy ou le Roy Henry II fut blessé à mort, le dernier de Juin, 1559

Wood-engraving by and after Perrissin and Tortorel; scene of tournament in enclosed city square; mounted combatants clashing at center, king mortally wounded being struck through visor by lance; manuscript notes at left and right below. From series: 'Histoires diverses qui sont mémorables touchant les Guerres, Massacres & Troubles advenus en France en ces dernières années'. Wood-engraving by and after Perrissin and Tortorel; scene of tournament in enclosed city square; mounted combatants clashing at center, king mortally wounded being struck through visor by lance; manuscript notes at left and right below. From series: 'Histoires diverses qui sont mémorables touchant les Guerres, Massacres & Troubles advenus en France en ces dernières années'. Large oblong folio, matted; margins; worn, yellowed. New York, Old Print Shop, 1954.

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Original record: Le tournoy ou le Roy Henry II fut blessé à mort, le dernier de Juin, 1559
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1519 – 1559
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Perrissin, Jean, 1546-1617 (artist)
Tortorel, Jacques, active 1568-1575 (artist)
Subject(s): Death and burial
France
Henry
II, King of France
New York, Old
Tournaments, Medieval
Wood Engravings (Prints)
Type: still image

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