The Caryatid Hall takes its name from four large caryatids supporting a tribune, sculpted in 1551 by the Protestant Jean Goujon , inspired by the Acropolis of Athens. This Renaissance hall hosts the major events of the royal palace, ceremonies, balls, the mortuary room of Henry IV, but also on several occasions Protestant worship services.Already in 1534, the elder sister of King Francis I, Marguerite de Navarre, had her chaplain Gérard Roussel, a friend of the reformer Lefebvre d'Étaples , preach at the Louvre . The king's sister, Catherine, had preserved her mother's faith; ministers, dukes and peers, high officials went to the sermons that she had celebrated in the Louvre itself," in the Salle des Caryatids which could hold 5,000 people, or in her hotel in Soissons, during her stays in Paris. The pastors of the "Église de Madame" were former chaplains of her brother, such as François de Lobéran de Montigny, Antoine de La Faye and Jacques Couët, who, after 1598, would lead the Paris consistory.