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Fleury François Richard
Fleury François Richard (25 February 1777, Lyon – 14 March 1852, Écully), sometimes called Fleury-Richard, was a French painter of the Lyon School. A student of Jacques-Louis David, Fleury-Richard and his friend Pierre Révoil were precursors of the Troubadour style. Life The son of a magistrate, Fleury François Richard studied at the collège de l'Oratoire in Lyon then at the école de Dessin under Alexis Grognard. At the latter he met Pierre Révoil. In 1796 he joined the Paris studio of Jacques-Louis David. His first paintings had major success and he mingled with the Paris intelligentsia, among whom the Troubador style was highly favoured. He became the favourite painter of empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, who bought many of his paintings, so that the European renown gained by his first works was recognised by Madame de Staël. In 1808 he set up his own studio at the Palais Saint-Pierre at Lyon, having been granted it by the city for the benefits he had broug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Jacomin
Jean-Marie Jacomin (1789, Lyon - 6 May 1858, Lyon) was a French painter. Life The son of Jean Antoine Jacomin and Marie Hélène Ravier, he studied at the drawing school in Lyon before being taught by Pierre Révoil in the École des Beaux-arts de Lyon from 1807 to 1813. He painted military subjects, genre paintings, portraits and interiors and also produced engravings and lithographs, such as ''Portrait of the artist'', ''Eight heads of artists from Lyon'' and ''The Good Samaritan''. His works include ''A sculptor's studio and the interior of a cloister'' (Paris, 1819), ''Wounded soldier telling war stories'' (Paris, 1822), ''Leaving for hospital'' (Paris, 1824), ''Young woman surprised by an escaping bird'' (Lyon, 1827). His works are held in museums and galleries in Avignon, Lons-le-Saunier and Lyon (MBA) among others. In Lyon he exhibited portraits of abbé François Rozier, Révoil and the painters Thiénat, Fleury François Richard and Antoine Berjon, along with his own self-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of International organization, international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross. In the aftermath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Woman At A Fountain
''Young Woman at a Fountain'' is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Fleury François Richard, from 1824. It is held in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. He painted it from one of his studies of monuments on Île Barbe The Île Barbe is an island situated in the middle of the Saône, in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, part of the quartier Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe (a former-commune annexed in 1963). Its name comes from the Latin ''insula barbara'', "Barbari .... It shows a young woman filling a vessel at a fountain whose basin is an ancient Roman sarcophagus reused in the construction of the abbey on the island in 400.Sylvie Ramond (dir.), ''Gérard Bruyère et Léna Widerkher, Le Temps de la peinture: Lyon, 1800-1914'', Lyon, Fage éditions, 2007 (French) References Sources *Sylvie Ramond (dir.), Gérard Bruyère et Léna Widerkher, Le Temps de la peinture : Lyon, 1800-1914, Lyon, Fage éditions, 2007, 335 p., ill. en coul. () Paintings in the Museum of Fine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Knight At Prayer In A Chapel, Preparing Himself For Combat
''A Knight at Prayer in a Chapel, Preparing Himself for Combat'' (French: ''Un Chevalier se préparant au combat'') is an oil on wood painting by French painter Fleury François Richard, created ''c.'' 1805. It is held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, since 1981. History and description According to the artist's description, the painting depicts a knight praying in the chapel of the Église Saint-Irénée de Lyon, which had been ruined by the Baron des Adrets in 1562. The knight is seen kneeling in a prayer in front a tomb, beneath a window. The interior of the chapel is very dark and devoided of any significant decoration. Amother knight is seen, at the right, by the door, possibly his squire. He holds the knight's helmet at his hands, while his shield can be seen at his left, leaning at the wall. The light that illuminates the scene comes from the narrow window, at the center of the composition. At the right, a image of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus The Christ C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irénée De Lyon
Irenaeus ( or ; ; ) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by opposing Gnostic interpretations of Christian Scripture and defining proto-orthodoxy. Originating from Smyrna, he had seen and heard the preaching of Polycarp, who in turn was said to have heard John the Evangelist. Chosen as Bishop of Lugdunum, now Lyon, Irenaeus wrote his best-known work ''Against Heresies'' around 180 as a refutation of gnosticism, in particular that of Valentinus. To counter the doctrines of the gnostic sects claiming secret wisdom, he offered three pillars of orthodoxy: the scriptures, the tradition said to be handed down from the apostles, and the teaching of the apostles' successors. He is the earliest surviving witness to regard all four of the now-canonical gospels as essential. Irenaeus is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ÃŽle Barbe
The Île Barbe is an island situated in the middle of the Saône, in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, part of the quartier Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe (a former-commune annexed in 1963). Its name comes from the Latin ''insula barbara'', "Barbarians' Island", suggesting that it was one of the last locales to be occupied (two centuries after the banks of the Saône were, at the foot of the hill of Fourvière). Geography History A monastery, later an abbey, was founded on the island in the 5th century. This was the first monastic establishment in the Lyon region and one of the oldest in all of Gaul. Charlemagne gave it a beautiful library. The monastery, pillaged several times (in 676 and 725 by the Saracens, and in 937 by the Huns), adopted the Rule of Saint Benedict in the 9th century and gradually became wealthy. In 816, Louis the Pious awarded the monastery: * the right to maintain at all time three boats upon the Saône, the Rhône and the Doubs exempt from taxes for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Just, Lyon
Saint-Just () is a quarter in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon on the Fourvière hill. Louise of Savoy, the mother of Francis I of France Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ..., had her headquarters at the local monastery when Regent. References 5th arrondissement of Lyon Quarters of Lyon {{Lyon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourvière
Fourvière () is a city district of Lyon, France, a hill immediately west of the old part of the town, rising from the river Saône. It is the site of the original Roman settlement of Lugdunum in 43 BC. The district contains many religious buildings including convents, monasteries and chapels. It is known in Lyon as "the hill that prays". Fourvière is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site designated for the city of Lyon in 1998 for its testimony to Lyon's long history as an important European settlement and its extraordinary architecture.http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/en/tourisme/fil_quartier/fourviere Official site of Lyon Description Fourviere supports the world's two oldest and active funicular railway lines, and is known for the Catholic Basilica of Fourvière. The inauguration of the golden statue of the Virgin Mary on the north-west tower is the origin of the famous 8 December Festival of Lights, when the citizens of Lyon display candles (''lumignons'') at their win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René I Of Anjou
René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René (sometimes spelled without an accent) to girls as well as boys. In addition, both forms are used as surnames (family names). René as a first name given to boys in the United States reached its peaks in popularity in 1969 and 1983 when it ranked 256th. Since 1983 its popularity has steadily declined and it ranked 881st in 2016. René as a first name given to girls in the United States reached its peak in popularity in 1962 when it ranked 306th. The last year for which René was ranked in the top 1000 names given to girls in the United States was 1988. Persons with the given name * René, Duke of Anjou (1409–1480), titular king of Naples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Visconti, Duchess Of Orléans
Valentina Visconti (1371 – 4 December 1408) was a countess of Vertus, and duchess consort of Orléans as the wife of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, the younger brother of King Charles VI of France. As duchess of Orléans she was at court and acquired the enmity of the Queen of France, Isabeau of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, and was subsequently banned from the court and had to leave Paris. Due to political animosity, Valentina's husband was murdered in 1407. She died on 4 December 1408. Life Valentina was born in Pavia as the second of the four children of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the first Duke of Milan, and his first wife Isabelle, a daughter of King John II the Good of France. After her mother's death in childbirth in 1373, Valentina and her siblings were raised by their paternal grandmother Bianca of Savoy and aunt Violante Visconti. The deaths of her brothers Carlo (1374), Gian Galeazzo (1376) and Azzone (1381) left Valentina as the only surviving child of her parents' marriage an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musée Des Monuments Français (1795–1816)
The Musée des Monuments français () was a French art museum, created in 1795 on the initiative of Alexandre Lenoir. It displayed sculptures and other objects, many salvaged on Lenoir's own initiative from the destructions of the French Revolution. It was established in the former convent of the Petits-Augustins on the left bank of the Seine in Paris, now part of the campus of the Beaux-Arts de Paris. History Following the Biens nationaux, nationalization of religious properties on 2 November 1789, the revolutionary government's Monuments Commission in late 1790 created a depository of cultural artefacts in the just-disestablished Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian convent of the Petits-Augustins. The following year, it appointed Lenoir, then a young painter, to administer the facility. As revolutionary destructions accelerated, Lenoir gathered an increased number of sculptures and other objects into the deposit, including most of the decoration of the royal tombs in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
