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The Compte Rendu Au Roi (1781) was the first account of French royal finances to go public. Its publication caused a sensation throughout Europe, as it was translated into 5 different languages. Its success caused its author, finance minister...

Death of Marat, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1793. Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels.

Sketch of Maximilien Robespierre on the way to the guillotine, 28 July 1794, attributed to Jacques-Louis David. Morgan Library & Museum, New York.

The Self-Sacrifice of a Father, painting by Jacques Sablet, second half of the 18th century. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

Apollo and Diana attacking the Children of Niobe, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1772. Dallas Museum of Art.

Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier (1762-1793), first wife of French revolutionary leader Georges Danton (1759-1794). She died in childbirth while Danton was on mission in Belgium. Oil on canvas portrait by Jacques-Louis David, 1793. Musée...

Portrait of the Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836), a leading figure of the Third Estate during the Estates-General of 1789 and the subsequent formation of the National Assembly. Oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1817. Fogg Museum...

Norse god Freyr, here shown alongside the boar – one of his attributes – named Gullinborsti as per Icelandic mythographer Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241). Artwork by Jacques Reich (1852-1923).

A 1915 painting by Jacques-Émile Blanche of the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). (Cité de la Musique, Paris)

The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, oil on canvas by Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 1860. Nantes Museum of Arts.