The intention of the workshop was to disseminate the new style developing at the palace more widely, both to France and to the Italians' peers back in Italy. Whether the initiative to do this came from the king or another patron, or from the artists alone, is unclear. David Landau believes that Primaticcio was the driving force;Boorsch, 95; Landau, 309 he had stepped up to become the director of the work at Fontainebleau after the suicide of Rosso Fiorentino in 1540.Boorsch, 79
