The Bibliothèque nationale François Mitterand is dedicating an exhibition to Francis I of France, the king who initiated the French artistic Renaissance. This retrospective, entitled "François 1er: Pouvoir et image" ("Francis I, Power and Image"), celebrates the 500^th anniversary of his victory at the battle of Marignano (1515) and offers to discover the multiple facets of this Christian king, who also was a knight, a patron of the arts and a man of letters. 

“François 1er: Pouvoir et image” exhibition, from March 24^th to June 21^st 2015.
Open Tuesday-Saturday from 10am to 7pm and from 1pm to 7pm on Sundays.
Closed on Mondays and bank holidays.
Full rate: €9 / Reduced rate: €7.

From Jean Clouet, Francis I riding a horse, before 1711 (from an original at the Louvre)
© BnF, Prints and photographs

BNF
Quai François Mauriac
75013 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 79 59 59
Metro: Quai de la gare (line 6) or Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (line 14 or RER C).

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