Which European monarch was a patron of sculpture and the decorative arts, a passionate collector of paintings, and a builder on a grand scale, as well as declaring Protestantism illegal within his realm?

A. Louis XI
B. Henry VIII
C. Philip II
D. Francis I


Answer: D

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