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- Title
Memorializing the Wars of Religion in Early Seventeenth-Century French Picture Galleries: Protestants and Catholics Painting the Contested Past.
- Authors
van der Linden, David
- Abstract
This article examines how Protestant and Catholic elites in early seventeenth-century France memorialized the Wars of Religion in purpose-built picture galleries. Postwar France remained a divided nation, and portrait galleries offered a sectarian memory of the conflict, glorifying party heroes. Historical picture galleries, on the other hand, promoted a shared memory of the wars, focusing on King Henry IV's successful campaign against the Catholic League to unite the kingdom. This article argues that postwar elites made a sincere effort to manage religious tensions by allowing partisan memories to circulate in private while promoting a consensual memory in public.
- Subjects
FRANCE; FRENCH Wars of Religion, 1562-1598; MEMORIALIZATION; FRENCH portrait painting; 17TH century French art; 17TH century French painting; PRIVATE art collections; HISTORY of art collecting; MARIE de Medicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642; SEVENTEENTH century; HISTORY; THEMES in art; PORTRAITS
- Publication
Renaissance Quarterly, 2017, Vol 70, Issue 1, p132
- ISSN
0034-4338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/691832