Photomicrograph under cross-polarized transmitted light of a thin section of the casting core showing its characteristic quartz distribution (see fig. 525, core recipe 1). Martin Lefort (French, dates unknown), Justice, 1571, H. 128 cm (Musée du Louvre, inv. MR1682). See Castelle, Manon, Yvan Coquinot, and David Bourgarit. 2016. “Casting Cores of French Bronze Statues of the 16th and 17th Centuries: Identification of Regional Practices and Artistic Choices.” Microchemical Journal 126:121–31..