Engraving of antoine de pluvinel giving a riding lesson to louis xiii in the work "l'instruction du roy en l'exercice de monter a cheval", kept at the bibliothèque nationale de france (arsenal department, reserve fol-s-1942), made available in gallica. The illustration shows, from left to right: monsieur the duke of bellegarde, grand ecuyer of france (c. 1562-1646, grand ecuyer of france 1605-c. 1611 and 1621-1639), monsieur the marshal of souvré (c. 1540-1626, governor of the dauphin), le roy, monsieur de pluvinel and monsieur du pré, son of monsieur de b? Date: 1625.
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