Freemasons


Famous members. Objects and symbols used by Masonic Lodges.



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Denis Diderot (1713-1784), author of the first         
scientific dictionary, the Encyclopedie.               
Terracotta, 1771                                       
R.F. 348
#40010336

Denis Diderot (1713-1784), author of the first scientific dictionary, t...

Honore de Mirabeau (1749-1791),French statesman,       
member of the Convention.                              
Marble,1781-83                                         
R.F.347
#40010337

Honore de Mirabeau (1749-1791),French statesman, member of the Convention...

Claude Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771) philosopher,       
friend of Voltaire, co-author of the Encyclopedie;     
freemason, master of the lodge to the Nine Sisters     
in Paris.                                              
Marble, 1772         R.F. 1541
#40010338

Claude Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771) philosopher, friend of Voltaire, co-a...

Hahnemann,Samuel Friedrich Christian (1755-1843)       
German physician and creator of homeopathy, 1837
#40010348

Hahnemann,Samuel Friedrich Christian (1755-1843) German physician and cre...

Ludwig Boerne (1786-1837),German poet and journalist,  
progressive, exile in Paris, 1846
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Ludwig Boerne (1786-1837),German poet and journalist, progressive, exile in Pa...

Marie Paul de La Fayette (1754-1834),general,French    
statesman and politician,friend of George Washington   
and hero of the American War of Independence. 1828
#40010355

Marie Paul de La Fayette (1754-1834),general,French statesman and politician...

Emperor Franz I,Maria Theresia and their children.     
To the right and left of the Empress are Joseph and    
Leopold,two future emperors.                           
Canvas
#40040536

Emperor Franz I,Maria Theresia and their children. To the right and left of...

The painter and his pug, 1745                          
Oil on canvas, 90 x 69 cm                              
NOO112
#400601 1

The painter and his pug, 1745 Oil on canvas, 90 x 69 c...

The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel,            
two prime ministers of Queen Victoria.                 
Oil on canvas (1844)                                   
149 x 97.8 cm
#40060146

The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, two prime ministers of Q...

The Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), painted 1814.      
Oil on canvas, 64,3 x 52,4 cm                          
NG 6322
#40060160

The Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), painted 1814. Oil on canvas, 64,3 x 52...

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, German composer,          
grandson of Moses Mendelssohn.                         
Oil on canvas                                          
90 x 62 cm
#400602 3

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, German composer, grandson of Moses Mendel...

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German poet.                 
Oil on canvas on wood (1771)                           
56.6 x 47.5 cm
#400602 5

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German poet. Oil on canvas on wood (1...