The 1000++ Artworks of media Bronze and containing the word ridolfo schadow, bronze, france, 1800

Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753-1800), French general, received his military education in Munich. Resigning his commission in the Austrian army, he returned to France and studied fortification and military science. Winning distinction in the Vendéan war, Kléber was made division general. Under Bonaparte,...

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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (1767-1830), French novelist, political orator, and politician settled in Paris in 1795 as the protégé of Madame de Sta├½l. A member of the Tribunate from 1799-1802, he was banished by Napoleon in 1803. Returning to France in 1814, he accepted an office under Napo...

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Amandine-Aurore-Lucie Dupin (pseudonym George Sand), was a French novelist born in Paris in 1804. She had many open liasons with prominent figures and was politically active as well. She is best remembered for her novels: /

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Although more of a specialist in producing small pieces of furniture and objects, it was the joiner, Diehl, who produced this imposing medal cabinet, created for the Universal Exhibition of 1867. The design of its form, marquetry and bronzes were entrusted to Brandely, and the sculpture to Frémiet, ...

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Charles Lenormant, French archaeologist and historian became passionately interested in archaeology while in Italy preparing for a career in law. Returning to France, he was appointed inspector of fine arts in 1825. Lenormant went to Egypt with Champollion in 1828 and to Greece as part of the Morée ...

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A French physicist and mathematician, André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) was born in Lyon and became a professor at the École Polytechnique in 1805 and later at the Université and the Collège de France. The inventor of the astatic needle that gave rise to the invention of the astatic galvanometer, he fo...

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Surprisingly well balanced, and supporting himself on a rock that echoes the shape of his enormous bow, in this picture, Heracles performs one of his Twelve Labors. He must clear the region around Lake Stymphalia of the flesh-eating birds infesting its woods and attacking its people. The sculptor An...

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It is rather surprising to find the names Vaudremer and Fremiet together on this stunning chandelier. The architect of the Prison de la Santé in Paris and of the Lycée Bouffon, Vaudremer was a demanding and rigorous architect. So there was no indication that he might participate in working on an obj...

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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), general and emperor of France, carried out a coup d/

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