JEB4880994: L'Offrande a Pan, detail of parrot and baluster. Cartons of the curtain created by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1636-1699), inspired by Jean Berain pere (1640-1711). Tapestry in low-lice made by the Atelier de Beauvais. Wool and silk. Dim: 260x268cm. Musee des tapestries, Aix en Provence / Bridgeman Images
JEB4881171: Don Quixote and the False Dulcinee, detail of Sancho and the fake Dulcinee. According to the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” written by Miguel de Cervantes. Tapestry by Charles Joseph Natoire (Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1700-1777) made by the Atelier de Beauvais in Basse-lice. Wool and silk. Dim: 360x315cm. Musee des tapestries, Aix en Provence. / Bridgeman Images
ELD4871565: War of Religions: “” King Henry IV during the siege of Paris in August 1590”” King Henry IV (1553-1610) near Paris during the siege of the city in 1590 (French wars of religion: french Royal Army under Henry of Navarre, and supported by the Huguenots, besieging the city of Paris, trying to capture it from the Catholic League, 1590) Illustration tiree “” My -History-de-France” by HS Bres, 1894 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4871887: Representation of the French brigand Louis Dominique Garthausen dit Cartridge (1693-1721) in his cell visited by two monks Il a les membres embezzes dans un pillori (the french highwayman Cartridge in prison attached to the pillory, 1721) Engraving from “Museum-criminal” by Henri Varennes and Edgar Troimaux, late 19th century Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
NWI4872124: The intense activity on the seafront in Lisbon (Portugal), around 1470, during the period of explorations and discoveries, (15th century) - Colorised engraving, 19th century - Busy Lisbon waterfront during the Age of Discovery, circa 1470 - Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration / Bridgeman Images
ELD4872384: Queen Anne of Boheme, wife of Richard II of England begging the king to spare Simon of Burley, accused by the lords appellants of treason, 1388 (Queen Anne intercedes with Gloucester and Arundel, two of the lord appellants, for Sir Simon de Burley, 1388 - Queen Anne (1366-1394) pleaded to they Gloucester and Arundel to spare him but remained deaf to every entreaty) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4872506: Hundred years war: “” King Edward III of England vows that he will make peace, 1360 - After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm frightened the King (1312-1377) - He is shown stretching his hand towards the Cathedral of Chartres and vowing that he would no longer be an obstacle to peace - The Treaty of Bretigny was signed about three weeks later on 8th May 1360) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images