Étienne Delaune provided many designs for the much-admired decorative arts of France under King Henry II. He was recorded as a journeyman goldsmith in Paris in 1546 and worked briefly as the king's chief medallist at the royal mint in 1552. Although dismissed from that post, he continued working for the king: in 1556 he furnished designs for Henry's parade armor. Delaune took up engraving around 1
