French Revolution

He lived and worked during one of the most tumultuous times in French history, witnessing the reigns of Louis XV, Louis XVI / Marie Antoinette and the terror of the French Revolution...

He lived and worked during one of the most tumultuous times in French history, witnessing the reigns of Louis XV, Louis XVI / Marie Antoinette and the terror of the French Revolution...

He lived and worked during one of the most tumultuous times in French history, witnessing the reigns of Louis XV, Louis XVI / Marie Antoinette and the terror of the French Revolution...

He lived and worked during one of the most tumultuous times in French history, witnessing the reigns of Louis XV, Louis XVI / Marie Antoinette and the terror of the French Revolution...

He lived and worked during one of the most tumultuous times in French history, witnessing the reigns of Louis XV, Louis XVI / Marie Antoinette and the terror of the French Revolution...

He lived and worked during one of the most tumultuous times in French history, witnessing the reigns of Louis XV, Louis XVI / Marie Antoinette and the terror of the French Revolution...

Created by Catherine de Medicis as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was eventually opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Revolution. I...

Saint-Just was a controversial ideologue of the French Revolution and one of the most zealous advocates of the Reign of Terror.

During the political upheaval of the French Revolution and Reformation periods, many people fled France for other countries, and such is the case with plate decorators from the indus...

He lived and worked during one of the most tumultuous times in French history, witnessing the reigns of Louis XV, Louis XVI / Marie Antoinette and the terror of the French Revolution...

In the late 17 century it was acquired by the Duc de Saxony, one of Louis XVI’s uncles whose family maintained ownership until 1792 until the start of the French Revolution when they...

Jacob-Desmalter’s list of clients reflects the turbulent spirit of the times: the royal family, the leaders of the French Revolution, the Directoire, the Napoleonic Empire and the Re...

Refuge at Fontainebleau during the French Revolution, he was imprisoned there during the Terror.

He retired from business during the French Revolution and died in 1799.

King Louis Philippe was forced to abdicate after the outbreak of the French Revolution of 1848. Under Emperor Napoleon III, de Rothschild lost part of his political influence, howeve...

He survived through the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror to attract another important patron, the Empress Josephine Bonaparte, who commissioned an extensive series of painti...

She left her apartments, which were considered to be “the most beautiful apartments at Versailles” among those made available to the Court, to take up residence at the Governesses’ a...

The unrest arising from the French Revolutioned to the expulsion of many French from the Papal States Ducros, considered a  Jacobin, was expelled in 1793; he subsequently settled in ...

It was only after the French Revolution that floral wreaths, especially those worn by brides, became socially acceptable again.

John Dinsdale's artwork here, "The Lively & Tourterelle Original", is an alluring depiction of the March 13, 1795 battle on the sea during the French Revolution, that is saturated wi...

In 1793, Caroline moved with her family to France during the French Revolution. There, she fell in love with Joachim Murat, one of her brother's generals, and they married on 20 Janu...

He created elegant and desirable female figures in coquettish or mannered poses, not seldom rather seductive He ran his successful business during about fifty years, until it was ru...

Louis XIV moved the painting to the Palace of Versailles. After the French Revolution, it was moved to the Louvre, but spent a brief period in the bedroom of Napoleon in the Tuiler...

When Charlotte Corday plunged her knife into the heart of Jean-Paul Marat in July of 1793, she created one of the French Revolution’s most powerful martyr heroes. His body and memory...

He made a great cross and six candlesticks for the high altar of Notre Dame, which disappeared in the French Revolution, but similar work for Bayeux Cathedral still exists.

As a young man, he favored classical, in particular Palladian styles, but the king came to favor a more Gothic style, both as a consequence of the Palladian style becoming overused a...

The freedom of trade initiated by the French Revolution allowed many casters to develop large factories.

A steel case furniture originating from the Industrial Revolution in French. Rare, in great functioning condition, featuring the original metal emblem of manufacture "Strafor-Forges ...

These are a pair of charming framed color prints depicting a French village scene celebrating the revolution with a musician playing the violin surrounded by children dancing and run...

Named for Jean-François Denière (1774–1866) and François Thomas Matelin (1759–1815), the firm is known for the production of ormolu furniture mounts, candelabra, torchères, and ornam...

He returned to England with his wife, Frances Nesbet. However, later the French Revolution saw Nelson engaged in battle around the Mediterranean.

This is likely to have been added after the revolution in 1789 as it represents the National Emblem of France, The Coq Gaulois (The Gallic Rooster) which decorated French flags durin...

The two handles are decorated with foliage. After the Revolution, the french bourgeoisie and the court of Napoleon III dreamed of finding the splendor and elegance of the Old Regime.

He took an active part in the French 1789 Revolution and was elected Justice of the Peace at the Commercial Court.

The cobbled road outside the walls is ‘La Route Basse de Rouen - Paris’ as it was known before the French Revolution. It is now known as the Rue Général de Gaulle.

His early works, from 1848 to 1851, were painted in a more realistic style, and are characterized by an interest in realism, which was a style that had been reestablished in France b...

From the period when a Consulate governed France after the revolution.

A truly stunning portrait, painted during the great political upheavals of France during the Revolution, that helps to capture the individuality and optimism of the age.

Ideal for a living room or a bedroom. Directoire style, French pronunciation: Describes a period in the decorative arts, fashion, and especially furniture design, concurrent with th...

A Louis XVI style mantle clock late 19th century. Prior to the 1848 Revolution, 19th century French furniture was named after Louis-Philippe d'Orleans, having less ornamentation, ca...

This commode relates to pieces supplied by the celebrated marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre (d 1796) who retailed objets de luxe to the French court and, after the revolution, to t...

In the 19th century this movement had a powerful influence on the European and American arts. In France, the Revolution had broken its ties with the Christian and monarchic past whic...

Pradére, Les Ebéniste français de Louis XIV à la Révolution (The French Cabinetmaker from Louis XIV to the Revolution), Paris, 1989, Page 318.

Jean-Jacques Lachenal was the son of Edmond Lachenal, one of the leaders of the French art pottery revolution. Almost nothing is known of his early career.

Art Nouveau is famous for its flowery and asymmetrical waves inspired from nature such as flowers, plants, with soft curves such as semicircles, parabolas, or arcs, which also resemb...

Brun fled France during the Revolution and became the burgomaster of Versoix in 1801, earning his sobriquet “Brun de Versoix.”

Ideal for a living room or a bedroom. Directoire style, French pronunciation: ​describes a period in the decorative arts, fashion, and especially furniture design, concurrent with t...

Late eighteenth-century Europe was a world in revolution. People in France were losing their heads to Louis XVI and England had a mad king named George.

Late eighteenth century Europe was a world in revolution. People in France were losing their heads to Louis XVI and England had a mad king named George.

Engraved in 1778 by Jean Charles Le Vasseur (1734-1816) after the drawing by Antoine Borel (1747-1810) with later hand-coloring. Done to express French support for the American Revo...

THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND EMPHASIZED FRENCH AND SPANISH PARTICIPATION.

As a young adult he spent his time between France and Egypt. After the revolution of 1952 life became difficult in Egypt for foreigners and many were expelled.

Late eighteenth century Europe was a world in revolution. People in France were losing their heads to Louis XVI and England had a mad king named George.

He would speak of their departure and return with the seasons." In France during the chaotic years of the French Revolution and its aftermath, the younger Audubon grew up to be a han...

19th century French fireback with a scene of the French revolution.

18th century French fireback with pillars and cupids and text 'an 9' (i.e., year 9 of the French revolution).

Very Large Oil Painting