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A c. 1769 oil-on-canvas portrait by the French painter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard of Denis Diderot (1713-1784 CE), a French philosopher.

An oil-on-canvas portrait by the Russian painter, Dmitry Grigorievich Levitzky of the French Philosopher, Denis Diderot (1713-1784). It was painted in 1773.

A portrait by the French painter, Maurice Quentin de La Tour of François-Marie Arouet or Voltaire (1694-1778 CE), the French philosopher and historian. It was finished in 1735. The portrait was done in Rococo style using pastels. (Musée Antoine-Lécuyer...

A portrait by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon of Francois-Marie Arouet or Voltaire (1694-1778), a French philosopher and historian. It was finished around the year 1778. White Marble has been used for the sculpture. It is currently...

An oil-on-canvas portrait of the French philosopher, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755). It is estimated to have been made around the late-18th century by Jacques-Antoine Dassier. (Museum of the History...

The grave of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) in the cemetery of Montmartre, Paris.

A c. 1850 cartoon caricature by Anton Elfinge of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). Berlioz used instruments and sounds innovatively in his work and this is here being parodied.

A photograph of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). Taken in 1863 by Pierre Petit. (Gallica Digital Library)

An 1850 oil-on-canvas portrait by Gustave Courbet of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)

An 1832 portrait by Émile Signol of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). ( Villa Medici, Rome)