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Louis XIII in majesty

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CloseTitle: Louis XIII, King of FranceAuthor: de CHAMPAIGNE Philippe (1602 - 1674) Creation date: 1630Date represented: 1630Dimensions: Height 190 cm - Width 150 cmLocation: Louvre museum (Paris) websiteContact copyright: RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot Image reference: 95-014390 / Inv1167 Louis XIII, King of France © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot Date of publication: February 2018 Inspector of Academy Deputy Academic Director Historical background A portrait It is not known when Philippe de Champaigne made this portrait of King Louis XIII.

Louis-Philippe, "king of the French"

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CloseTitle: Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, sworn in on the Charter.Author: GERARD, Baron François (1770 - 1837) School: RomanticismDate of creation: 1834Date represented: August 9, 1830Dimensions: Height 222 - Width 156Technics and other indications: Replica ordered in 1834 for the Versailles Museum of the original painting ordered on 23 November 1833 for the Chambre des Pairs.

Madame Récamier

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CloseTitle: Madame Récamier.Author: DAVID Jacques Louis (1748 - 1825) Creation date: 1800Date represented: 1800Dimensions: Height 175 - Width 243Technique and other indications: Oil on canvasLocation of Conservation: Louvre museum (Paris) websiteContact copyright: © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot Image reference: 02-013860 / INV 3708 © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot Date of publication: August 2009VideoMadame RécamierVideoHistorical backgroundDaughter of a notary promoted to advisor of Louis XVI, Jeanne Bernard (who calls herself Juliette) married in 1793, at the age of fifteen, the banker Jacques-Rosé Récamier, also from Lyon, whose fortune was due to revolutionary foreclosures and gambling dens of the Directory.

Marat, martyr of the Revolution

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Close Title: Murdered Marat, July 13, 1793 Author: DAVID Jacques Louis (1748 - 1825) Creation date: 1793 Date represented: July 13, 1793 Dimensions: Height 157 - Width 136 Technique and other indications: Oil on canvas Copy executed by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangelid years David & 39; s workshop after an original in the Brussels MuseumHistoric owners: David Louis; David Jules; Napoleon prince (1868); Durand-Ruel, Paris (1889); Term Place of Conservation: Louvre Museum (Paris) website Contact copyright: © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - G.

Louis XIV, protector of the arts

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Louis XIV protector of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture © Château de Versailles, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Christophe Fouin Date of publication: February 2017 Inspector of Academy Deputy Academic Director Historical background A commission from the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture On February 27, 1666, members of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture commissioned Henri Testelin the creation of a portrait of the king intended to adorn the assembly hall.

May 1968: the barricades

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Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, remains of barricades, May 1968 ZINT Günter (1941) Remains of barricades, boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, May 1968 ZINT Günter (1941) Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, remains of barricades, May 1968 © BPK, Berlin, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / BPK image All rights reserved Remains of barricades, boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, May 1968 © BPK, Berlin, Dist.

Louis XVI and his family

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Miniature on ivory representing Louis XVI and his family Marie-Antoinette and her children at the foot of a tree. 1790DUMONT François (1751 - 1831) Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, future Duchess of Angoulême, known as Madame Royale.Close Title: Miniature on ivory representing Louis XVI and his family Author: Date of creation: 1789 Date represented: Dimensions: Height 0 - Width 0 Technical and others directions: (1789-1793) Place of Conservation: Historic Center of the National Archives website Contact copyright: © Historic Center of the National Archives - Photographic Workshop website Image reference: AE / Via / 53 Miniature on ivory representing Louis XVI and his family © Historic Center of the National Archives - Photography workshopClose Title: Marie-Antoinette and her children at the foot of a tree.

"Mal du siècle" and romantic revolution

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Close Title: Dante and Virgil Author: DELACROIX Eugène (1798 - 1863) Date of creation: 1822 Date represented: Dimensions: Height 189 - Width 241.5 Technique and other indications: also known as Dante's boat Oil on canvas Place of conservation: Louvre museum ( Paris) websiteContact copyright: © Photo RMN-Grand PalaisImage reference: 17-633012 / INV 3820 © Photo RMN-Grand PalaisPublication date: April 2011Video & 34; Mal du siècle & 34; and romantic revolutionVideoHistorical context The Restoration period was crossed by contradictory currents.

The moon and women

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CloseTitle: The influence of the moon on the test of womenAuthor: ANONYMOUS (-) Creation date: 1650 -Location of Conservation: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris) websiteContact copyright: © BnF, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image BnFReference of the image: Recueil collection Michel Hennin, prints relating to the history of France.

Louise Michel and her legend

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The arrest of Louise Michel.GIRARDET Jules (1856 - 1938) Louise Michel in Satory.GIRARDET Jules (1856 - 1938) Close Title: The arrest of Louise Michel.Author: GIRARDET Jules (1856 - 1938) Creation date: 1871Date represented: May 24, 1871Dimensions: Height 45 - Width 37Technique and other indications: oil painting on woodLocation of Conservation: Museum of Art and History of Saint-DenisContact copyright: © Saint-Denis, musée d & Art and history - Cliché I.

Empress Eugenie surrounded by her ladies-in-waiting

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CloseTitle: The Empress Eugenie surrounded by her ladies-in-waiting at the Palace of Fontainebleau.Author: WINTERHALTER Franz Xaver (1805 - 1873) Creation date: 1855Date represented: 1855Dimensions: Height 300 - Width 420Technique and other indications: Personal order of Empress Eugenie Full title: The Empress Eugenie surrounded by her ladies-in-waiting at the Palace of Fontainebleau, June 27, 1867.

Marie-Madeleine Guimard and the French ballet of the XVIII<sup>e</sup> century rediscovered

Marie-Madeleine Guimard and the French ballet of the XVIII^e century rediscovered

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Home ›Studies› Marie-Madeleine Guimard and the 18th century French ballet rediscovered Marie-Madeleine Guimard. (new name: presumed portrait of the Countess of Graves) FRAGONARD Jean-Honoré (1732 - 1806) Edmond de Goncourt.BRACQUEMOND Félix (1833 - 1914) Close Title: Marie-Madeleine Guimard. (new name: presumed portrait of the countess of Graves) Author: FRAGONARD Jean-Honoré (1732 - 1806) Date represented: Dimensions: Height 81.5 - Width 65 Technique and other indications: Oil on canvas.

The march of July 5, 1914 for women's suffrage

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CloseTitle: Manifestation of the suffragettes, Mme Séverine leading the procession Creation date: 1914 -Date represented: July 5, 1914 Dimensions: Height 13 cm - Width 18 cm Place of Conservation: National Library of France (Paris) website Contact copyright: BnF, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image BnF Image reference: 12-576806 / EI-13 (371) Demonstration of suffragettes, Mme Séverine leading the procession © BnF, Dist.

The religious marriage of Napoleon I and Marie-Louise

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Religious wedding of Napoleon I and Marie-Louise in the Salon Carré du Louvre, April 2, 1810 © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - D. Arnaudet / H. Lewandowski Date of publication: January 2004 Historical background In 1809, Napoleon had to face the fifth coalition, led by England and Austria.

Marriage in the countryside in the 19th century<sup>e</sup> century

Marriage in the countryside in the 19th century^e century

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A wedding in Lower Normandy. The mother-in-law brings the bride's trousseau.BELLANGE Joseph-Louis-Hippolyte (1800 - 1866) The groom's ransom or Alsatian wedding.PABST Camille Alfred (1821 - 1898) Une Noce en Bretagne.LELEUX Adolphe-Pierre (1812 - 1891) Wedding meal at Yport.FOURIE Albert Auguste (1854 - 1937) Close Title: A wedding in Lower Normandy.

The martyrs of prairial

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Close Title: The last Montagnards Author: RONOT Charles (1820 - 1895) Creation date: 1882 Date represented: June 17, 1795 Dimensions: Height 290 - Width 200 Technique and other information: Oil on canvas Place of conservation: Museum of the French Revolution, Vizille site web Contact copyright: © Museum of the French Revolution, Vizille Image reference: Ref.

The Marne, where it all begins, where it all ends?

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Close Title: The winners of the Marne Author: ANONYMOUS (-) Date represented: Dimensions: Height 32.7 - Width 39.7 Place of Conservation: MuCEM site web Contact copyright: © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - G. Blot site web Reference of the l & 39 ; image: 04-509638 / 59.39.12D The winners of the Marne. © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - G.

The Communist Threat in Interwar France

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France would go to misery if it allowed Bolshevism to enter ... ANONYMOUS All the countries of Europe have defeated Communism. France alone remains threatened.MICH Yo. France would go to misery if it allowed Bolshevism to enter… © Collections La ContemporaineAll the countries of Europe have conquered communism.

Medal of the Universal Exhibition of 1878

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CloseTitle: Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1878.Author: OUDINÉ Eugène-André (1810 - 1887) Creation date: 1878Date represented: 1878Dimensions: Height 0 - Width 0 Place of Conservation: Musée d & 39; Orsay website Contact copyright: © Photo RMN- Grand Palais - RG Ojeda Image reference: 04-001746 / MEDOR2001 Paris Universal Exhibition, 1878.

The Metropolitan, a major stake

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Villette-Halles Centrales Underground Railway ProjectBOURDELIN Emile The Construction of the Metropolitan LOIR Luigi (1845 - 1916) Villette-Halles Centrales Underground Railway Project © RMN-Grand Palais (Domaine de Compiègne) / Daniel Arnaudet The Construction of the Metropolitan © La Piscine Museum (Roubaix), Dist.