These drawings represent _Jossine Pisseleu_[112] (niece of the famous Duchesse d'Estampe), better known under the name of "Hegli," and the beautiful daughter of Diane de Poitiers, called "Brasseu."[113] Both of these portraits are rendered specially interesting by the fact that their respective names are written on the margin by Queen Catherine de Medicis. These two ladies, Hegli and Brasseu, are known to have belonged to that gay company known as _la petite bande_, of which the young Catherine herself, when Dauphine, was also a member. Francis I, thanks to his own great taste for Art, comprehended to the full the different talents of the artists in his employ; and whilst he commissioned Rosso and Primaticcio to execute the frescoes at Fontainebleau, the two Clouets were successively entrusted with such portrait painting as he required. At Chantilly there is an exquisite portrait of _Louise de Clermont, Duchesse d'Uzez_, another of the fair members of the _petite bande_ whom the King nicknamed "la Grenouille" on account of her husky voice and projecting eyes: a drawing which belongs to the same series already referred to; that is to say, an early work with which François Clouet was commissioned after his father's demise. A miniature taken from this drawing is preserved in the Louvre. [Illustration: PLATE LXII. _Photo. Hanfstaengl._ Francis I. Attributed to Jean Clouet. Louvre. _Photo. Giraudon._ Marguerite of Angoulême. (Sister of Francis I. and Queen of Navarre). Attributed to François Clouet. Musée Condé.] Henri II, whilst Dauphin, had apparently not much chance to employ either of the Clouets, since their time was almost entirely monopolised by the King; but there is evidence to prove that Catherine de Medicis' children were repeatedly painted by Germain le Mannier[114] and his brother Alois. There exist pencil sketches of _Francis II_ at the age of five, and again at eight years and five months; to which latter there is a pendant representing his _fiancée, Mary, Queen of Scots_, at the age of nine and a half. There is another of _Charles IX_ aged between four and five years. All of these were executed by this artist and are now in the portfolios at Chantilly. With reference to these drawings there is a letter still extant, written on June 1 1552 by Queen Catherine to M. Humières (who with his wife were in charge of the Royal nurseries at Saint-Germain-en-Laye), in which she expresses a desire to have all her children, sons and daughters, including _la Royne d'Ecosse_,[115] painted "_sans rien oublier de leur visages_." There is also a letter from Henri II, written on the eve of his accession, expressing a desire to recompense the painter Mannier.