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Calypso, 1980
A photograph of the oceanographic research ship Calypso, used by Jacques-Yves Cousteau for various expeditions from 1951 until the mid-1990s. Taken in Montreal in 1980.
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Execution of Brissot
Execution of Jacques-Pierre Brissot (1754-1793) on 31 October 1793, engraving by an anonymous artist, 1793.
National Library of France, Paris.
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Lycurgus of Sparta
An 18th-century painting by Jacques-Louis David of Lycurgus of Sparta, aka, 'the Lawgiver', the legendary Spartan ruler (9th century BCE?) credited with defining the city's famous emphasis on military endeavour.
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Stravinsky by Blanche
A 1915 painting by Jacques-Émile Blanche of the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). (Cité de la Musique, Paris)
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The Bourgeois Gentleman
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman), tableau by Jacques-Edmond Leman (1829-1889).
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Celebration of the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle
Allegory in Honour of the Publication of the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, February 13, 1749, oil on canvas by Jacques Dumont, 1761.
Carnavalet Museum, Paris.
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Lama Zhang
Lama Zhang (1123–1193 CE); Tibet; 14th century CE; bronze; 4.3 x 3.5 in. (11 x 9 cm); The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art; 85.04.0650
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Sketch Portrait of James IV of Scotland
A sketch portrait of James IV of Scotland (r. 1488-1513 CE) by Jacques Le Boucq. Drawn in 1559 CE.
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Music in the Tuileries Gardens by Manet
An 1862 oil on canvas painting, Music in the Tuileries Gardens, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. This work has often been called the first modern painting since it broke the artistic convention that artists avoided...
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Suzanne Curchod
Portrait of Suzanne Curchod (1739-1794), oil on canvas by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, c.18th century. One-time fiance to British writer Edward Gibbon, Suzanne was the wife of France's popular finance minister Jacques Necker and the mother to...