Le Roi de Navarre et Jeanne d'Albret, 1819

The king of navarre and jeanne d'albret, mother of henri iv. Oil on canvas. Presented at the salon of 1819 with the following description: the mother of henry iv the king of navarre, after having taken from his cabinet the gold box and a precious chain, said to jeanne d'albret, pregnant with henry iv: "my daughter, this box with the will it contains will be yours, but that you can show what you are carrying; and so that you do not make me a mourner, nor a reluctant child, i promise to give you everything, provided that when you give birth you sing a song in bearnese; and if when you will give birth, i want to be there. ". Date: 1819.