To show loyalty to this woman, Henry II of France adopted royal colors of black and white and a logo that could be read as an H overlaid with either a C for his wife or a crescent moon for this woman. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this powerful advisor and mistress of Henry’s. She was often depicted in hunting garb, evoking an image of her as a goddess.
ANSWER: Diane de Poitiers [or Diane of Poitiers; prompt on Diane] (Diane was frequently analogized to the goddess Diana, thus the hunting portrayals.)
[10e] Diane’s depiction as the goddess Diana influenced the presentation of Gabrielle d’Estrées, the mistress of this King of France. Gabrielle’s consult convinced this King to convert to Catholicism and issue the Edict of Nantes.
ANSWER: Henry IV of France [accept Henry of Navarre; prompt on Henry]
[10m] The artwork that stood above the doors of Diane’s home in Anet depicts Diana with the head of a stag and was created by this artist, whose embellished autobiography describes his escape from the Castel Sant’Angelo using a rope of knotted bedsheets.
ANSWER: Benvenuto Cellini (The artwork is Cellini’s The Nymph of Fontainebleau, which is also called The Nymph of Anet for the time it was at Diane’s chateau.)
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