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Freemasons


Famous members. Objects and symbols used by Masonic Lodges.



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Bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Carrara marble (1821) Height 57 cm
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Bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Carrara marble (1821)...

Mignon,heroine of Goethe's novel "Wilhelm Meister". Freemason Goethe made his protagonist rise in the novel's secret society just as an apprentice-mason rises to the degree of master ("Meister") in Masonry. Canvas, 110 x 92 cm
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Mignon,heroine of Goethe's novel "Wilhelm Meister". Freemason Goethe made h...

Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844),brother of Napoleon I, King of Naples/Sicily 1806-1808,King of Spain 1808-1813.
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Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844),brother of Napoleon I, King of Naples/Sicily 18...

Portrait of the poet Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873), author of "Promessi Sposi".
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Portrait of the poet Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873), author of "Promessi Spos...

"Guckkasten",scale model of a stage,showing the meeting of a Freemasons' lodge,around 1750. Freemasons meet around a globe, an allegory for their universal activities for the advancement of mankind.
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"Guckkasten",scale model of a stage,showing the meeting of a Freemasons...

"Guckkasten",scale model of a stage,showing the meeting of a Freemasons' lodge,around 1750. Freemasons meet around a celestial globe, an allegory for their universal activities for the advancement of mankind.
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"Guckkasten",scale model of a stage,showing the meeting of a Freemasons...

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790),statesman and ambassador of the USA to France, co-wrote the Declaration of Independence together with President Jefferson; master of the Freemason's lodge to the Nine Sisters in Paris.One of his major publications was an anti-slavery treatise (1789) Terracotta
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790),statesman and ambassador of the USA to France, co...

Mirabeau (Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de, 1749-1791). French politician during the French Revolution in 1789, member of the Etats Generaux.
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Mirabeau (Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de, 1749-1791). French politician during...

Composer Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) and Muse. Oil on canvas (1842) 105 x 94 cm Inv. 5423
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Composer Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) and Muse. Oil on canvas (1842)...

Marie Joseph de Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French officer and statesman (1834),represented in 1792.
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Marie Joseph de Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French officer and statesman (183...

Jean Paul Marat, politician and publicist, dead in his bathtub, assassinated by Charlotte Corday in 1793. Oil on canvas 165 x 128 cm
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Jean Paul Marat, politician and publicist, dead in his bathtub, ass...

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince of Benevent, French politician and Minister of foreign affairs under Napoleon I Bonaparte and Louis XVIII. Oil on canvas
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince of Benevent, Fren...