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Desmoulins Making a Call to Arms, 12 July 1789
Depiction of Camille Desmoulins' call to arms at the Palais-Royal in the days preceding the Storming of the Bastille. By Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (1802)
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The Heads of Launay and Flesselles
French soldiers or militia carry the severed heads of Bernard-René Jordan de Launay (1740-1789) and Jacques de Flesselles (1721-1789) on pikes following the Storming of the Bastille (14 July 1789). From an engraving...
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Storming of the Bastille and arrest of the Governor M. de Launay, July 14, 1789.
Painting depicting the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, specifically of the arrest of the Marquis de Launay, governor of the Bastille, by revolutionaries. Circa 1789-1791...
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The Storming of the Bastille
Depiciton of the Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789. Visible in the center is Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay, the governor of Bastille, who is being arrested by the revolutionaries. Painted by Jean-Pierre...
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The Este Castle, Ferrara
The medieval Castello Estense (aka Este Castle) in Ferrara, northern Italy. The castle was the seat of the Dukes of Ferrara.
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Anna d'Este
A portrait of Anna d'Este (1537-1607), daughter of Ercole II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara (l. 1508-1559). (Palace of Versailles)
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Portrait of Olympia Fulvia Morata
A portrait of Olympia Fulvia Morata (l. 1526-1555, also given as Olimpia), the Italian scholar, poet, and writer who sought to advance the Protestant Reformation in Italy.
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Thanatos & Hypnos with Sarpedon
A detail of a black-figure pottery vase showing Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) carrying the dead body of the hero Sarpedon. Made around 500 BCE in Attica, Greece. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion Title Page
The title page of the 1559 fourth edition of Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (l. 1509-1564), the French Reformer, pastor, and theologian.
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What! Are You Jealous? by Gauguin
An 1892 oil on canvas, What! Are You Jealous? (Aha ae feii?), by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. Painted in Tahiti. Typical of the artist's use of saturated colour in this period...
