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Benedetto Croce

(1866–1952) Works: • Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic (English) • Ariosto, Shakespeare and Corneille (English) • Historical materialism and the economics of Karl Marx (English) • Logic as the Science of the Pure Concept (English) • The…

Georges Danton

(1759–1794) Georges Jacques Danton, dit aussi d’Anton Works: • Discours Civiques de Danton (French) Danton in Film: Danton 1983 Director: Andrzej Wajda Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak   Born October 26 1759 Arcis-sur-Aube (France) Died April 5 1794 Paris (France) Cause of death Execution…

Cardinal Richelieu

(1585–1642) Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu L’Éminence rouge Richelieu in Literature: • Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870): The Three Musketeers (English) Richelieu in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Cardinal Richelieu c.1642 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne     Ingres, J.A.D. (1780-1867)…

Victor Henri Rochefort

(1831–1913) Victor Henri de Rochefort-Luçay Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay Rochefort in Art: Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Henri Rochefort 1880 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’évasion de Rochefort 1880–1881 Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’évasion de Rochefort…

Georges Clemenceau

(1841–1929) Georges Eugène Benjamin Clemenceau Clemenceau in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Georges Clemenceau 1879–1880 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau 1879–1880 Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth     Nadar (1820-1910) Georges Clemenceau s.d. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris…

André Malraux

(1901–1976) See also: • Musée d’art moderne André Malraux (Le Havre) • Place André-Malraux (Paris) Born November 3 1901 Paris (France) Died November 23 1976 Créteil (France) Occupation Novelist Writer Awards Croix de guerre 1939-1945 Prix Goncourt

Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert (1633)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert 1633 Oil on canvas, 130 x 103 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Amsterdam merchant Abraham Anthonisz Recht was a convinced Remonstrant and great admirer of Wtenbogaert. He commissioned this portrait from Rembrandt in 1633 and…

Antonin Proust

(1832–1905) Antonin Proust in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’homme 1855 National Gallery, Prague     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Antonin Proust c.1877 Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Antonin Proust 1880 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo  …

Ministers

• Cabarrús, François (1752-1810) • Clemenceau, Georges (1841-1929) • Croce, Benedetto (1866-1952) • Danton, Georges (1759-1794) • Malraux, André (1901-1976) • Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de (1585-1642) • Rochefort, Victor Henri (1831-1913) • Wtenbogaert, Johannes (1557-1644)

François Cabarrus

(1752–1810) Francisco Cabarrús y Lalanne François Cabarrus Comte de Cabarrús Vicomte de Rambouillet François Cabarrus in Art: Francisco Cabarrús 1788 Banco de España, Madrid   Born October 8 1752 Bayonne (France) Died April 27 1810 Sevilla (España) Daughter Thérésa Cabarrus, Madame Tallien…