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LRI4570392: Virgin and Child with Two Angels, Saint John the Baptist and another saint, and two children of the Pazzi family Detail representing one of the Pazzi sons (Virgin with child with saint John Baptist and another saint, two angels, and two children of the Pazzi family) Detail of one of the little Pazzi boy - Fresco by Andrea del Castagno (1421-1457) Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Castagno, Andrea del (1410-57) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570412: Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, 1410-1431. She wears a suit of armour with yellow gaubisson (pourpoint) beneath. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570063: Heavenly or sacred bamboo, Nandina domestica, native to China and Japan. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570104: Little gem daffodil, Narcissus minor, native to France and Spain. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Pater Guyard from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570183: King Charles VI of France, Bien-Aime, 1368-1422. On horseback in suit of armour with coat of arms before a madonna and child. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a fresco in the Carmelite cloisters in Toulouse from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570235: Charles de Montaigu, Lord of Marcoussy, brother to Jean de Montaigu, killed at the Battle of Agincourt 1415. He wears a bourrelet or beret, tunic with angel sleeves and hose. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a stainless-glass window in the chapel of Chateau de Marcoussy in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V 6 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570289: Knights of the Order of the Golden Shield, knights of the order of the ecu d'or, founded by Louis II Duke of Bourbon in 1369. The ceremonial robes have gold shields on the chest. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in a manuscript book of Hommages du Comte de Clermont from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570322: Scene from the Battle of Roosebeke (Rosbecq), Flanders, 1382, between the French and Flemish armies. Knights in suits of armour fight with swords and lances over cannon and the dead and wounded. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a manuscript by Jean Froissart from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570363: Mary of Anjou, queen of France, wife to King Charles VII, Marie d'Anjou 1404-1463. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after an original portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VI 15 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570448: Pierre des Essarts, advisor to King Charles VII of France, d. 1430. He wears a tunic with his coat of arms over a suit of armour. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a tomb in the church of the Mathurins in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V 74 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570623: Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Temereire, Duke of Burgundy 1433-1477. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in a pair of Hours in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio Maisons etrangeres XI 35 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570649: Jean Juvenal des Ursins, Archbishop of Reims, 1388-1473. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in a manuscript Histoire de Charles VI in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 29 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570901: Anne d'Alencon, Lady of La Guerche, Marquise de Montserrat 1492-1562. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570913: Charles II of Amboise, Lord of Chaumont, Governor of Milan 1473-1511. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 95 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570487: Jeanne de Montagu, wife of Jacques de Bourbon, Baron de Thuri, d. 1420. She wears a bourrelet or beret, an ermine surcot, and skirt decorated with her coat of arms. Handcoloured lithograph after a stainless-glass window in the church of the Celestines at Marcoussis in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VI 28 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570556: Margaret of Scotland, first wife of King Louis XI of France, Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France 1424-1445. Margarita of Scotland, first wife of Louis XI. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VI 142 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570815: Anne, Duchess of Brittany, Queen of France, 1477-1514. Anne of Brittany, Queen of France. In mourning clothes with pet dog and parakeet in a birdcage. Handcoloured lithograph by Georges Lafosse after a miniature by Jean Marot in Bernard de Montfaucon's collection IV VIII from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568609: Portrait of actor William Smith in the role of Richard III (play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). He is a fencing guard, wearing panties and stockings, puffy sleeves and bare head. Smith led his career from 1753 to 1788 in London and was renowned for his delicate and sensitive interpretations of a refined gentleman. Engraving in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London (England, 1776 to 1785. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568807: Portrait of John Henderson (1747-1785), in the role of Don Juan, in The Chances of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Henderson was a British actor who shone in the roles of Lago, in Othello, Falstaff in Les joyeuses commeres de Windsor and Henry IV, plays by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Engraving by Thornthwaite, based on a portrait of J. Roberts published in “Bell's British Theatre”, 1777. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571054: Catherine de Vendome, wife of Jean d'Estrees, grand master of the French artillery, d.1567. Handcoloured lithograph after a miniature in a prayer book in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VIII 25 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571142: Bonaventure Desperiers, French writer, poet and painter, d. 1544. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571184: Alderman of Paris, Echevin de Paris, reign of King Francis I. The livery features the coat of arms of Paris on the sleeve. Handcoloured lithograph after a contemporary woodblock from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571250: Claude de Lorraine, first Duke of Guise. Illustration drawn and lithographed by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio VIII 102 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images