the chapel ceiling in the Hôtel de Guise (destroyed), following Primaticcio's designs. He also executed private commissions for portable canvases of mythological subjects sited in landscapes. He designed a series of tapestries titles Les Mois Arabesques, some of which were used by the painted enamel industry of Limoges. Much of his output reflected an often overlooked function of artists of the time: the ephemeral festive decorations erected to celebrate special occasions in the court circle, for example, the decorations for the triumphal entry into Paris staged for Charles IX and his bride Elisabeth of Austria. His final pieces, in 1571, were 16 murals which were done with the assistance of his son Giulio Camillo. That year, Niccolò died in Fontainebleau, France. Niccolò's great-nephew, Ercole Abbate of Modena (1573-1613), was one of his pupils. Works Niccolò is best known for his mythological landscape subjects, which introduced the Flemish world landscape into French art, such as the Orpheus and Landscape with the Death of Eurydice in the National Gallery, London and the Rape of Proserpine in the Louvre, and for his profuse and elegant drawings. Not many of his frescoes have survived; however, the Louvre does have a collection of his drawings. Many of his canvasses were burnt in 1643, by the Austrian regent, Anne. Some of his landscapes for Charles IX were influential for the 17th century painters Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin. Notes Footnotes References External links Tribune de l'Art: Christophe Brouard, review of the 2005 exhibition 16th-century births 1571 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian decorators Italian male painters Italian Mannerist painters Painters from Modena