History of tennis ball was then struck with the palm of the hand; hence, the name jeu de paume ("game of the palm"). It was not until the 16th century that rackets came into use, and the game began to be called "tennis." It was popular in England and France, and Henry VIII of England was a big fan of the game, now referred to as real tennis. Many original tennis courts remain, including courts at Oxford, Cambridge, Falkland Palace in Fife where Mary Queen of Scots regularly played, and Hampton Court Palace. Many of the French courts were decommissioned with the terror
Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume nearly 4000 works of German "degenerate" art in Berlin in 1939. French resistance curator Rose Valland, who was working at the museum, kept a secret list of all the works passing through, and after the Nazi defeat in 1945 most of these works were thereby returned to their rightful owners. Today, some 70 of Rosenberg's paintings are missing, including: the large Picasso watercolor "Naked Woman on the Beach", painted in Provence in 1923; seven works by Matisse; and the "Portrait of Gabrielle Diot" by Degas. Between 1947 and 1986, it contained the Musée du Jeu de Paume, which held many