Antique Engraving Print – Portrait of Victurnien Vergniaud – French Lawyer. A deputy to the Assembly from Bordeaux, Vergniaud was an eloquent orator. He was a supporter of Jacques Pierre Brissot and the Girondist faction. Size: 6″ x 9″ inches / 15 cm x 22 cm. Artist: Lambertus Antonius Claessens. Includes a Certificate of Authenticity. […]
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Antique Engraving Print Portrait of John Dalleus French Reformation
Antique Engraving Print – Portrait of John Dalleus – French Reformation. DESCRIPTION: Portrait of John Dalleus, or Jean Daye (1594 – 1670) – theologian and priest of the French Reformation, Christian writer; is one of the largest apologists for the Reformed Churches of his time. Size: 6″ x 9″ inches / 16 cm x 24.5 […]
Antique Engraving Print Portrait of Voltaire French Philosopher-Educator
Antique Engraving Print – Portrait of Voltaire – French Philosopher-Educator. DESCRIPTION: Voltaire was an 18th-century French philosopher-educator, poet, prose writer, satirist, tragedian, historian and publicist. The exact origin of the pseudonym Voltaire is unknown. DETAILS: Size: 8,66 ” x 9,84 ” inches / 22 cm x 25 cm Technique: Engraving Date: 18th Century Artist: Unknown […]
Antique Engraving Print Portrait of Jean Sylvain Bailly French Revolution
Antique Engraving Print – Portrait of Jean Sylvain Bailly – French Revolution. Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736 – 1793) – astronomer and leader of the French Revolution, first president of the Constituent Assembly and mayor of Paris; constitutionalist. The revolution pulled him out of the peaceful sphere and transferred him to the very center of political […]
Antique Engraving Huahine Island French Polynesian Culture Captain Cook
Antique Engraving – Huahine Island – French Polynesian Culture – Captain Cook. This fascinating engraving originates from’”Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majestà Britannique” or “An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere”. The work was published in Paris from 1778 […]
Antique Engraving Print Portrait of Clement Marot French Poet, Humanist
Antique Engraving Print – Portrait of Clement Marot – French Poet, Humanist. Clement Marot (1496 – 1544) – the most famous French poet and humanist of the Renaissance. Sympathized with the Reformation. The son of the poet Jean Marot, who was part of the group of great rhetoricians. Perhaps between 1510 and 1515 he attended […]