Whitman Expo
Vertical SPECIMEN perf; normal s/n 500 francs
Details
Obverse: French text; carving of Renaissance furniture from Château d’Azzay-le-Rideau; detail of Gombot and Macée’s tapestry “Les fian?ailles” (The Engagement) in Saint-Lô museum; Anne de Bretagne in 3/4 profile facing left; Jean Bourdichon’s illustration from the book “Les Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne” (The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany)
Reverse: French text; ermine medallion from Château de Blois fireplace; Château de Chenonceaux; Anne de Bretagne in 3/4 profile facing right; Château de Chambord; salamander medallion from Château de Blois fireplace; penal code; bas-reliefs of standing allegorical woman shouldering water jug and standing allegorical woman holding sword from Jean Goujon’s “Fontaine des Innocents” (Fountain of Innocents) in Les Halles district of Paris; helmet
