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XEE4156734: Affair of the Queen's Necklace (1785-1786): Cardinal Louis Rene Edouard de Rohan (1734-1803) before King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), 1785 - (Affair of the necklace, 1785 1786: king of France Louis XVI and queen Marie-Antoinette crossexamine the Cardinal of Han about the necklace, 1785) engraving from “” The story of France told to my grandchildren”” - by Francois Guizot - 1872-1876, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
XEE4149994: The light is placed on the candlestick - Engraving by Jan HOUWENS showing The reformers- John Calvin and Martin Luther Imaginary Meeting of Reformist Leaders: John Wyclif (or Wycliff or Wycliffe, 1330-1384), Jan Hus (or Jean Huss, 1371 - 1415), Jerome of Prague (Jerome of Prague (1378-1416), Ulrich Zwinged) (Huldreich Zvingle and Huldrych Zwingle and Zuingle Haudry, 1484-1531) Martin Luther, Johannes Oecolampadius (Jean Husschin) (Oecolampade) (1482-1531), Martin Bucer (14891-1551), Jean Calvin, Philippe Melanchton (Philipp Melantone or Melanchthon or Schwartzerd, 1497-1560), Pierre Martyr of Anguiera (Peter Martyr Anghiera), John Knox (1514-1572), Matthias Flacius Illyricus (1520-1575), Theodore de Beze ( 1519-1605), William Perkins (1558-1602) - portrait on the wall: George Prince of Anhalt, A. Lasco Polish, Guillaume Farel, Jean Sleidan, Marnix de Saint-Aldegonde, Francois Juniu., Houwens, Jan (17th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4192983: Odoacre (Odovacar, 435-493), chief of the Herules, obliges the abdication of Romulus Augustule, in Latin Flavius Romulus Augustus (or Romulus Augustulus (in it). Romolo Augustolo), around 460 - 511), last Roman emperor of the west in 476. Chromolithography around 1890., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4417195: Representation of Janus, deity of the beginning and passages, he is represented with two faces (Janus (or Ianus) is the god of gates, doors, beginnings and endings, represented with two faces and a key). From “Mythology of Youth” by Pierre Blanchard 1803., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
GIA4716916: Printing office, c1600 - Holland, Printing: on the left the characters use characters, the different stages of the preparation of the printing supervised by a master printer - Engraving from “Nova Reperta” by Giovanni Stradano (Jan Van Der Straet) (Johannes Stradanus) (1523-1605), around 1600, Straet, Jan van der (Joannes Stradanus) (1523-1605) / Bridgeman Images