#franque

[empirearchives]

Meridiana Pavilion of the Pitti Palace in Florence, 1813. Illustration from the Grand Album of Elisa Bonaparte, Princess of Lucca and Piombino, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Joseph Franque

[boeing747]

[francepittoresque]

[HISTOIRE] Noblesse : un ordre tirant son origine des premiers Francs ? ► http://j.mp/2Qg9WXe S’il exista sous les deux premières dynasties royales, chez le peuple gallo-franc, des individus nobles, c'est-à-dire libres, ils ne formèrent pas, en dépit de leurs privilèges, une masse assez homogène par les intérêts et par les desseins pour constituer ce qu'on a appelé depuis un « ordre » de noblesse, mais on trouve néanmoins en ces temps anciens quatre classes d'individus présentant une certaine analogie avec celles qui formaient la société française du XVIIIe siècle

[rubenista]

Allegory of the State of France before the Return from Egypt by Jean-Pierre Franque (1810) [Musée du Louvre, Paris]

[philamuseum]

Some historic events always resonate. Even though the eruption of Mount Vesuvius occurred over 1,900 years ago, it still captures the imagination. In 1827 Joseph Franque was inspired to create this painting based on a French archeologist's report on the Pompeii excavation in 1813, "A mother fled, dragging after her a part of her family: two daughters, and an infant whom she clutched in vain against her breast....The ash covered them, burying them all in the same tomb: their remains were mingled, and almost indistinguishable from one another...." “Scene During the Eruption of Vesuvius,” c. 1827, by Joseph Franque

[magicspaceuncle]

My 4-year-old beagle-sized Siberian cat (Franque) has been teaching my sisters 8-week-old kitten (Leroy Jethro Gibbs) how to properly cat Aka How to sleep near a human at ALL times I can't play Sims because the baby is blocking my mouse help