François de Montmorency
by CORNEILLE DE LYON, Oil on panel, 19 x 16 cm
Fran�ois de Montmorency served as a military officer under King Henri II of France and as governor of Paris for a time. Of several known portraits, this is the only one that shows him as a young man. Though small in scale, Corneille’s painting records the sitter’s face and costume with remarkable precision.