Flanders Collection (#100)

Gabled building, Bruges, Flanders, Belgium Brugge (Bruges) West-Vlaanderen (Flanders) Belgium

Belfort (Belfry) & Statue of Pieter de Coninck & Jan Breidel, The Markt, Bruges, Belgium Belfort (Belfry) & Statue of Pieter de Coninck & Jan Breidel, The Markt, Bruges

The Markt (Main Market Place), Bruges, Flanders, Belgium The Markt (Main Market Place) Brugge (Bruges) West-Vlaanderen (Flanders) Belgium

Brugge (Bruges) West-Vlaanderen (Flanders) Belgium

Belfort (Belfry) and River Dijver, Bruges, Belgium Belfort (Belfry) and River Dijver. Brugge (Bruges). West-Vlaanderen (Flanders). Belgium. Europe

Belfry and canal, Bruges, Belgium

Cyclists, Brugge, Belgium, c1960s. Two men with Avia sports bikes stop to chat

Town Hall, Calais, France. The Flemish Renaissance style town hall was built between 1914 and 1925. It suffered damage in both World Wars

The Virgin and Child with Two Musician Angels. Found in the Collection of Accademia di San Luca

The Resurrection of Christ, or The Triumph of Christ over Death, ca 1616. Found in the Collection of Palazzo Pitti, Florence

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, before 1669. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

The nymphs crowning the Goddess of Abundance, ca 1603. Found in the Collection of Accademia di San Luca

The Seigniorial Life: Embroidery (La vie seigneuriale: la broderie), Tapisserie, c. 1520. Found in the Collection of Muse e national du Moyen A ge (Muse e de Cluny)

Charles the Bold, dressed in black in mourning for Philip the Good, Mid of the 15th cen. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Medea kills her son, ca 1470. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

The army of Alexander the Great fights the Giants, 1448. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

The battle against the infidels. The Fall of Constantinople, 1453, 1462-1465. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Orpheus torn by the Maenads, c. 1480. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Bal des Ardents, ca 1470-1475. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

The Hell, after 1454. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que royale de Belgique

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, ca 1470. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

The Earthly Paradise, ca 1460. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que royale de Belgique

Saint Christopher. (From: Livre d heures a l usage de Rome), Between 1409 and 1419. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Evangelist, Early 15th cen. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Margaret of York praying in front of the Cathedral of St. Gudula in Brussels, c. 1467-1469. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que royale de Belgique

Louis de Gruuthuse before an astronomical clock (From: Horloge de Sapience by Henri Suso), ca. 1470-1480. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

The translator reading the Latin text in the library, ca 1460. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Market scene and Presentation of the book to Philip the Good. From: Conquestes et croniques de Charlemagne by David Aubert, ca 1459. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que royale de Belgique

Meeting of the Order of the Golden Fleece chaired by Charles the Bold, 1475-1480. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Philip the Good (from: The Great Armorial of the Knights of the Golden Fleece), 1430-1461. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Francois Leclerc du Tremblay (1577-1638), c. 1630
Franc ois Leclerc du Tremblay (1577-1638), c.1630. Found in the Collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Machine of Marly, End of 17th-Early 18th cen. Found in the Collection of Muse e de l Histoire de France, Cha teau de Versailles

The Hermit and the Sleeping Angelica, ca 1627. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

The Doctors Visit, c. 1660. Found in the Collection of Muzeul National Brukenthal, Sibiu

Portrait of Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne (1743-1793), 1790s
Portrait of Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-E tienne (1743-1793), 1790s. Private Collection

Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), 1790s. Private Collection

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689), c. 1680. Found in the Collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793), 1790s. Private Collection

Portrait of Jean Richardot (1540-1609) and his son, c. 1618. Found in the Collection of Muse e du Louvre, Paris

Portrait of Henri Gregoire (1750-1831), 1790s
Portrait of Henri Gre goire (1750-1831), 1790s. Private Collection

Portrait of Etienne Claviere (1735-1793), 1790s
Portrait of E tienne Clavie re (1735-1793), 1790s. Private Collection

Portrait of Eleonora Gonzaga (1598-1655), in black dress, ca 1624. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Portrait of Claude Fauchet (1744-1793), 1790s. Private Collection

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1790s. Private Collection

Pierre-Louis Manuel (1751-1793), 1790s. Private Collection

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753-1793), 1790s. Private Collection

Still life with household utensils, 1645. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Noble Genoese (Marquise Geronima Spinola-Doria), ca 1627. Found in the Collection of Muse e du Louvre, Paris

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