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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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The Oath of the Jeu de Paume. In the center Mirabeau, who tells Dreux-Breze, master of ceremonies carrying the King's orders to disband the assembly: "Tell your master we are here by the will of the people!" Oil on canvas - 71 x 104 cm - RF 1984-18
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The Oath of the Jeu de Paume. In the center Mirabeau, who tells Dreux-Breze, m...

Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794), poet and revolutionary, executed 1794. Oil, 61.5 x 49 cm
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Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794), poet and revolutionary, execu...

Camille Desmoulins. French revolutionary writer and politician, executed 1794. Oil on canvas
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Camille Desmoulins. French revolutionary writer and politician, e...

Joseph Guillotin (1738-1814) in 1784. French physician and inventor of the guillotine. Contrary to popular belief, he did not die under the knife of his own invention. He proposed his invention as a more humane form of execution. Inv. P 1052
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Joseph Guillotin (1738-1814) in 1784. French physician and inventor of the guil...

Temple of the "Supreme Being",the surrogate God of the French Revolution. Faience de Nevers, 1798
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Temple of the "Supreme Being",the surrogate God of the French Revolution....

Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday, July 13,1793. Although she was known to be left-handed, the painter put the knife into her right hand. The assassination sparked the repression of the moderate Gironde faction. Oil, 39.5 x 33.5 cm
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Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday, July 13,1793. Although s...

Catafalque for Jean-Paul Marat after his assassination by Charlotte Corday, July 13, 1793.
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Catafalque for Jean-Paul Marat after his assassination...

Cesar's Tower and the Tour d'Argent, part of the medieval Palais de la Cit‚. It is called "Conciergerie" after the royal official in charge of the Palace. King Louis XV and Queen Marie Antoinette were imprisoned here before being executed by guillotine in 1793.
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Cesar's Tower and the Tour d'Argent, part of the medieval Palais de la Ci...

The execution of King Louis XVI on January 21, 1793 on "Place de la Revolution", now Place de la Concorde in Paris. Oil on wood
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The execution of King Louis XVI on January 21, 1793 on "Place de la Revoluti...

Queen Marie Antoinette imprisoned in the Conciergerie. The Queen, in deep mourning for her husband, wears a medallion with the portraits of her two children. A bust of Louis XVI and his testament behind her. Oil, 74 x 37.5 cm. Inv. P 2172
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Queen Marie Antoinette imprisoned in the Conciergerie. The Queen, in deep mourn...

The execution of Queen Marie-Antoinette on October 16, 1793, "Place de la Revolution," today Place de la Concorde. Left: Hotel Crillon. Oil on wood
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The execution of Queen Marie-Antoinette on October 16, 1793, "Place...

An execution on the "Place de la Revolution", the former Square Louis XV, now Place de la Concorde, Paris. Oil on wood
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An execution on the "Place de la Revolution", the former Square Louis...