Keywords: Valois tapestry, Water Festival at Bayonne.jpg Water Festival at Bayonne Tapestry nowrap 335 × 394 cm Uffizi Florence This is one of eight tapestries known as the Valois Tapestries that illustrate the festivals of the Valois court organised by Catherine de' Medici All were based at least partly on designs by Antoine Caron This one depicts festivities at the summit meeting between the French and Spanish courts at Bayonne in 1565 André Chastel French Art The Renaissance 1430 “1620 Translated by Deke Dusinberre Paris Flammarion 1995 p 171 ISBN 208013583X circa 1580 “81 After Antoine Caron The foreground figures were possibly designed by a different artist 100px left Caron's preparatory drawing for the tapestry PD-Art Valois tapestries Henry IV of France Water festivals 1560s festivals 16th-century festivals 1565 festivals |