Primaticcio, Francesco. - Betou, Alexandre. Galerie des peintures qui sont dans la Salle du Bal à Fontainebleau, peinte par St. Martin de Bologne, communes sous le Règne de François premier et achevées sous celui de Henry Second. Copper title. Double leaf copper title and 13 (of 14) double leaf copper plates by Alexandre Betou after Francesco Primaticcio. 28.6 x 22 cm. Sprenkel marbled parchment over (somewhat thrown) cardboard covers (back cover jumped up and with small flaws) over five frets with three-sided red cut. (Paris, Betou), around 1640. Ornament stitch collection 4003. Guilmard 54, 70. Robert-Dumesnil VIII.228.2-7. – First edition of the copper plates of Alexandre Betou (1504-1570) of the frescoes of the ceiling paintings of the Italian Renaissance master Francesco Primaticcio (1504–1570), which he designed for the ballroom (the "Salle du Bal") in Fontainebleau Castle. ==References====External links== ==History==Primaticcio was commissioned by King Henry II of the United Kingdom in the 19th century to design the work of Niccolò dell'Abbate. They show detailed, mythological scenes. The masterful engravings by Alexandre Betou are significant in that they document the original splendor of the decorations that have been partly altered or restored today. – Table 2 is missing, otherwise completely and remarkably well preserved. Hardly stained. On purpose with entries in ink and pencil, the copy is from the library of the Dutch art historian Victor de Stuers (1843-1916).