Images

Portrait of Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793), French playwright and author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. Painting by Alexander Kucharsky, c. 18th century. Private Collection.

A representation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, oil on canvas by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, c. 1789. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

The Preaching of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, oil on canvas Thomas van Apshoven, c. 1665.

Benedictine monastery at Montserrat, Spain.

St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), depicted in armour, oil on canvas by an anonymous artist of the French School, 16th century. Palace of Versailles.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620. Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena.

A portrait of the Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés (1485–1547 CE) conqueror of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century CE. (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid)

The first page of the manuscript of Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle. Library of Geneva

An 1874 painting by Ricardo Balaca showing the arrival back in Spain of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506 CE) in 1493 after his voyage to the New World.

A 1532 portrait by Jakob Seisenegger of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519-56) with his dog. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)