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1643 At The Battle of Rocroi, forces defeat army led by General Francisco de Melo, an important moment of the This result also forced the to abandon their previously successful tercio system.

by François J. Heim

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2020-05-19

2/3) an exercise in set design
"the walls of samaris", chapter 1 by françois shuiten
heavy metal magazine, nov 1984
(no reprints available, afaik)

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2020-05-19

Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière (Familiar of Zero)

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2020-05-18

Woman Baking Bread
Jean-François Millet
Drawings
French, c. 1852-1856

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2020-05-17

The Battle of Rocroi, May 19, 1643, by François Joseph Heim

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2020-05-14

Born in 1553: (1553-1615), Queen of Navarra & France as spouse of daughter of

Portrait as a girl attributed to François (1510-72), ca. 1569

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2020-05-14

14 May 1610, Henri IV gets stuck in traffic in the Rue de la Ferronnerie. François Ravaillac, a Catholic fanatic, boards his carriage and stabs Henri IV, who dies a few minutes later. https://t.co/SMw1wNWjAs

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2020-05-14

Your daily PUNCH colour cover. Why do bowler hats still symbolise England? And we can all spy Mr Punch. Another great cover from Hungarian-Frenchman André François. From 1962.

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2020-05-11

The Oyster Dinner is a 1735 painting by Jean-François de Troy. The painting was commissioned by Louis XV to decorate the dining room in the lesser apartments at the Palace of Versailles. It includes the first appearance of a champagne bottle in painting. (Musée Condé).

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2020-05-09

Design for a Porcelain Candlestick, Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1770–80 https://t.co/emomKeG1eh

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2020-05-08

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Diana Resting after Her Bath, 1742

François Boucher (1703 - 1770)
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2020-05-07

[#OurFavourites] We asked our staff members to share their preferred works of art from the collection.

François-Hubert Drouais (Paris 1727 - 1775 Paris)
'Portrait of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot', c. 1775
Oil on canvas, 73 x 69,7 cm

Chosen by Paulo, infrastructure & maintenance

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2020-05-07

Aurore et Cephale

« Le peintre traite la mythologie dans une mise en scène de théâtre par un effet qu’accusent encore les couleurs plutôt vives et parfois artificielles »
https://t.co/MNHYPp0JyD

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2020-05-05

Born in 1677: (1677-1749), Duchess of Orléans, légitimée de France, daughter of &

Portrait with son Louis d'Orléans (1703-52) attributed to (1662-1744)

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2020-05-04

À la demande de , je vais poster (sans commentaire, puisque c'est la règle).

7. François Schuiten, Vol de nuit, 2013

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2020-05-04