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  • Chain which belonged to St Agnes of Jesus and used as a belt, now used by pilgrims for prayer, 1612, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, founded 1623 by St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, in Langeac, Haute Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chain which belonged to St Agnes of Jesus and used as a belt, now used by pilgrims for prayer, 1612, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, founded 1623 by St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, in Langeac, Haute Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Metal chain and ivory canister owned by Saint-Louis, or Louis IX of France, 1214-70, and used to castigate himself as penance after having confessed, housed in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, in the Sacristie du Chapitre, built in the 19th century under Viollet le Duc, South of the choir, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Treasury was completely renovated in 2012. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the chain of office from the funerary monument of Louis XVI, 1754-93, and Marie Antoinette, 1755-92, made 1830, in the Chapelle Saint-Louis, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The ashes of the king were transferred here in 1815. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coat of arms of the Inquisition in Barcelona, plaque, 1487, on the facade of the Museu Mares de la Carrer de los Comtes, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The Inquisition was installed in 1487 in the Palau Reial Major by Alonso de Espina, where there were 13 cells and torture rooms. The coat of arms features symbols of the Inquisition, the cross, olive branch, sword and chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustration of the food market at Les Halles in Paris, France, on 14th July 1887, printed in a French publication. In front of the food stalls, a man sells hats and flags, and women make paper chain decorations and sew tricolore flags, in celebration of Bastille Day. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Pyrenees mountains, dusted with snow, seen from an aeroplane, South West France. The Pyrenean chain separates France from Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of the Berlin Wall depicting an untitled work by Andrej Smolak depicting a dove holding a ball and chain transforming into a rose, damaged by graffiti, part of the East Side Gallery, a 1.3km long section of the Wall on Muhlenstrasse painted in 1990 on its Eastern side by 105 artists from around the world, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hallmark of Louis XV, 1710-74, and Louis XVI, 1754-93, made in 1750 by the workshop of Simier, royal bookbinders, with 3 fleur de lys surrounded by a chain of office and a crown. This metal stamp was used to produce the gold hallmark on the reproduction case for the Crown Jewels of France, made by Herbert Horovitz and his team of jewellers in Geneva, Switzerland.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I in imperial costume, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821, with laurel wreath crown and Legion of Honour chain and holding sceptre by goldsmith Biennais, painted by Anne-Louis Girodet, 1767-1824, in the Imperial Portrait Gallery at the Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I in imperial costume, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821, with laurel wreath crown and Legion of Honour chain and holding sceptre by goldsmith Biennais, painted by Anne-Louis Girodet, 1767-1824, in the Imperial Portrait Gallery at the Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I in imperial costume, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821, with laurel wreath crown and Legion of Honour chain and holding sceptre by goldsmith Biennais, painted by Anne-Louis Girodet, 1767-1824, in the Imperial Portrait Gallery at the Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned in chains, including a lady in a headdress, a king, a bishop and 2 clerics, being led to hell by a devil, from the stained glass window of the Last Judgement, 1215-25, in bay 4, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Members of the Banda Giuliano Salvatore, arrested and chained, undated black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Salvatore Giuliano was a bandit wanted by the police, who was also involved in the Movement for the Independence of Sicily. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • On the left, 7 men are led to paradise by an angel (to Abraham in the next panel), and on the right, the damned in chains, including a lady in a headdress, a king, a bishop and 2 clerics, being led to hell by a devil, from the stained glass window of the Last Judgement, 1215-25, in bay 4, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sinners chained together being sent to hell, carved stone capital, late 12th century, in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister, from the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert in France, at The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. The building was designed by Charles Collens and encompasses 4 original cloisters, Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie, which were dismantled in Europe and reassembled here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sinners chained together being sent to hell, carved stone capital, late 12th century, in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister, from the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert in France, at The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. The building was designed by Charles Collens and encompasses 4 original cloisters, Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie, which were dismantled in Europe and reassembled here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sinners chained together being sent to hell, carved stone capital, late 12th century, in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister, from the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert in France, at The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. The building was designed by Charles Collens and encompasses 4 original cloisters, Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie, which were dismantled in Europe and reassembled here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tools in the Forge, including a brush, chains, links and a poker, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. In the forge, the site's blacksmiths repair and manufacture all the metalwork needed for the project, including chisels, axes, adzes, gates and hinges. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bicycle chained to a fence in front of piles of fishing nets at the old fishing port on the island of Bozcaada or Tenedos at the mouth of the Dardanelles Strait in the Aegean Sea, Canakkale, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shackles and chains, 18th century, used on slaves when on land, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. On the left is a deed of liberation of a slave on the Ile de Goree, Senegal, 17th February 1789, signed by Francois Blanchot de Verly, 1735-1807, governor of Senegal. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sinners chained together being sent to hell, carved stone capital, late 12th century, in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister, from the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert in France, at The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. The building was designed by Charles Collens and encompasses 4 original cloisters, Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie, which were dismantled in Europe and reassembled here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sinners chained together being sent to hell, carved stone capital, late 12th century, in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister, from the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert in France, at The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. The building was designed by Charles Collens and encompasses 4 original cloisters, Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie, which were dismantled in Europe and reassembled here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Joan of Arc with her sword, engraving by Noel Le Mire, 18th century, displayed in the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc Tower, the donjon or keep and only remaining part of the Chateau de Rouen, built 1204 by Philippe Auguste or King Philip II of France, in Rouen, Normandy, France. This engraving was inspired by a portrait commissioned in 1581 by the Echevins of Orleans, hence the low-necked, high-waist dress and slash sleeves, the chains worn around the neck, the plumed beret, the sword and the handkerchief. Joan of Arc was tried and tortured in this tower. It is a 3-storey building with one room per floor and a pointed roof which was rebuilt in the 19th century. The Tour Jeanne-d'Arc is listed as a monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Joan of Arc, engraving by Noel Le Mire, 18th century, displayed in the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc Tower, the donjon or keep and only remaining part of the Chateau de Rouen, built 1204 by Philippe Auguste or King Philip II of France, in Rouen, Normandy, France. This engraving was inspired by a portrait commissioned in 1581 by the Echevins of Orleans, hence the low-necked dress and slash sleeves, the chains worn around the neck and the plumed beret. Joan of Arc was tried and tortured in this tower. It is a 3-storey building with one room per floor and a pointed roof which was rebuilt in the 19th century. The Tour Jeanne-d'Arc is listed as a monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of the Berlin Wall depicting a painting by Michail Serebrjakow entitled Diagonale Losung, with a raised thumb chained to a wrist, damaged by graffiti, part of the East Side Gallery, a 1.3km long section of the Wall on Muhlenstrasse painted in 1990 on its Eastern side by 105 artists from around the world, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'esclavage affranchi, detail, with a freed slave and allegory of liberty, c. 1848, oil on wood, by Nicolas Louis Francois Gosse, 1787-1878, French artist, in Le MUDO, or the Musee de l'Oise, Beauvais, Picardy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bandit under arrest steps from jail into the courthouse for trial, undated black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sleeping Roman soldiers at the feet of St Peter, mosaic, in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francesco I de Medici, 1541-87, second Grand Duke of Tuscany, 17th century painting by Florentine artist, in the Main Room on the first floor, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King Charles VIII of France, 1470-98, Galerie des Illustres or Gallery of Portraits, early 17th century, in the Chateau de Beauregard, a Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, built c. 1545 under Jean du Thiers and further developed after 1617 by Paul Ardier, Comptroller of Wars and Treasurer, in Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The Gallery of Portraits is a 26m long room with lapis lazuli ceiling, Delftware tiled floor and decorated with 327 portraits of important European figures living 1328-1643, in the times of Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Charles I in royal robes, detail, oil painting, by Gerard, 1770-1837, in the Musee du Tau in the Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Louis XVI in coronation robes, oil painting, 1777, by Joseph-Siffrein Duplessis, 1725-1802, in the Musee du Tau in the Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Charles I of Gonzaga, 1580-1637, founder of the town of Mezieres, holding the town's plans of 1606, painting, in the Musee de l'Ardenne, in the Place Ducale, in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Charles I Gonzaga was also Duke of Mantua, Charles III Duke of Nevers and Rethel and Duke of Montferrat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vulture of Upper Egypt, painted relief in the Anubis shrine, on the middle terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Anubis shrine consists of a hypostyle hall and 2 other rooms, with walls covered in reliefs and paintings. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francesco I de Medici, 1541-87, second Grand Duke of Tuscany, detail, after a painting by Scipione Pulzone, 1544-98, in the Main Room on the first floor, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francesco I de Medici, 1541-87, second Grand Duke of Tuscany, detail, 17th century painting by Florentine artist, in the Main Room on the first floor, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Don Pietro de Medici, 1554–1604, youngest son of Cosimo I de Medici, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Farmer with horses, bas-relief, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered at the Colline des Fourches in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge scales used for weighing merchandise loaded on to ships, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge scales used for weighing merchandise loaded on to ships, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Life of St Peter, detail of Peter rescued from prison by an angel, bay 107a, stained glass window, 1230-35, in the choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, a Roman catholic church consecrated in 1096 and built 11th - 16th centuries, in Romanesque, Gothic and Angevin Gothic styles, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jean de Noailles, knight, killed at Agincourt in 1415, painting, in the Grande Galerie, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Grande Galerie, or Salon des Portraits, is a huge gallery featuring portraits of the Noailles family, who owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century, in the grands appartements in the round tower. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sainte Face, Renaissance painting c. 1513, by Joan Gasco, tempera and oil painting on wood, from the Cathedral in Vic, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flame of Liberty, or Flamme de la Liberte, a replica of the torch held by the Statue of Liberty in New York, installed in 1989 on the Place de l'Alma, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. While the sculpture was a gift to France symbolising Franco-American friendship, given by the International Herald Tribune on its 100th anniversary, it has become unofficially known as the Princess Diana memorial, as it stands above the road tunnel where she died in a car crash in 1997. Tourists from around the world visit the sculpture, attach love locks and lay flowers in her memory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flame of Liberty, or Flamme de la Liberte, a replica of the torch held by the Statue of Liberty in New York, installed in 1989 on the Place de l'Alma, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. While the sculpture was a gift to France symbolising Franco-American friendship, given by the International Herald Tribune on its 100th anniversary, it has become unofficially known as the Princess Diana memorial, as it stands above the road tunnel where she died in a car crash in 1997. Tourists from around the world visit the sculpture, attach love locks and lay flowers in her memory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West Cardinale Buoy, Les Poulains, next to the landing stage at Port Blanc, Morbihan, Brittany, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of putti holding the royal coat of arms with flour de lys and a necklace of shells, above the doorway leading to the Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, in the Salle du Roi, or King's Hall, used by Francois I for meals and audiences, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The hand-painted wallpaper, tiled floor and painted ceiling, were restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King Louis XI of France, 1423-83, in the Galerie des Illustres or Gallery of Portraits, early 17th century, in the Chateau de Beauregard, a Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, built c. 1545 under Jean du Thiers and further developed after 1617 by Paul Ardier, Comptroller of Wars and Treasurer, in Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The Gallery of Portraits is a 26m long room with lapis lazuli ceiling, Delftware tiled floor and decorated with 327 portraits of important European figures living 1328-1643, in the times of Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Pierre Sahle), 70 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Pteranodons flew in the skies above the Cretaceous Seaway and the ferocious pliosaurs lurked in the depth below. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Philippe le Bon, or Philippe III duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Philip III Duke of Burgundy, 1396-1467, oil painting on wood, by studio of Rogier Van Der Weyden, 1390-1464, from the collection of the Musee d’Art et d’Industrie de Saint-Etienne, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. Philip is pictured wearing the collar of firesteels of the Order of the Golden Fleece, which he instituted in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Gustav Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496-1560, in the Galerie des Illustres or Gallery of Portraits, early 17th century, in the Chateau de Beauregard, a Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, built c. 1545 under Jean du Thiers and further developed after 1617 by Paul Ardier, Comptroller of Wars and Treasurer, in Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The Gallery of Portraits is a 26m long room with lapis lazuli ceiling, Delftware tiled floor and decorated with 327 portraits of important European figures living 1328-1643, in the times of Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, great treasurer, 1563-1612, in the Galerie des Illustres or Gallery of Portraits, early 17th century, in the Chateau de Beauregard, a Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, built c. 1545 under Jean du Thiers and further developed after 1617 by Paul Ardier, Comptroller of Wars and Treasurer, in Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The Gallery of Portraits is a 26m long room with lapis lazuli ceiling, Delftware tiled floor and decorated with 327 portraits of important European figures living 1328-1643, in the times of Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-65, in the Galerie des Illustres or Gallery of Portraits, early 17th century, in the Chateau de Beauregard, a Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, built c. 1545 under Jean du Thiers and further developed after 1617 by Paul Ardier, Comptroller of Wars and Treasurer, in Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The Gallery of Portraits is a 26m long room with lapis lazuli ceiling, Delftware tiled floor and decorated with 327 portraits of important European figures living 1328-1643, in the times of Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Polychrome statue of Saint Volusian, 7th bishop of Tours, who died c. 495 AD, in Saint Volusian Abbey, or the Abbatiale Saint-Volusien, in Foix, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France. The original abbey church was built in the 12th century, but was later destroyed and rebuilt in the 17th century. The abbey houses the relics of St Volusian, and its buildings now house the Prefecture of the Ariege. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Bartholomew with a demon, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, 1929, by Maxime Real del Sarte, in the Place du Vieux Marche, the site of her actual death in 1431, next to the Eglise Jeanne D'Arc, Rouen, Normandy, France. After leading the French to many victories during the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc was captured and tried by the English for heresy and sentenced to death by burning on 30th May 1431. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Joan of Arc being burnt at the stake, 1956, by Georges Saupique, 1889-1961, in Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. After leading the French to many victories during the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc was captured and tried by the English for heresy and sentenced to death by burning on 30th May 1431. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female crickets bred to feed the lizards and other species housed in the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Drawbridge at the entrance tower of the Chateau de Chamerolles, Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Loiret, Centre, France. The Renaissance castle was built in the 16th century by Lancelot I du Lac under Francois I and was listed as a Monument Historique in 1927. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of King Francois I, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'action enchainee, or Action in Chains, bronze sculpture, 1905, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The original version, with arms, was commissioned by Louis Auguste Blanqui and Maillol made several casts. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border, where Maillol was born and lived. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'action enchainee, or Action in Chains, bronze sculpture, 1905, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The original version, with arms, was commissioned by Louis Auguste Blanqui and Maillol made several casts. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border, where Maillol was born and lived. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'action enchainee, or Action in Chains, detail, bronze sculpture, 1905, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The original version, with arms, was commissioned by Louis Auguste Blanqui and Maillol made several casts. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border, where Maillol was born and lived. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of St Denis, with St Denis, Rustique and Eleuthera led away in chains for their beliefs, detail, relief on the tympanum of the North portal of the West facade, made 1135 and restored in 1839, at the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Abbot Suger originally had a mosaic made on this tympanum, and was introducing a hagiography of St Denis with this imagery. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of St Denis, with St Denis, Rustique and Eleuthera led away in chains for their beliefs, relief on the tympanum of the North portal of the West facade, made 1135 and restored in 1839, at the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Abbot Suger originally had a mosaic made on this tympanum, and was introducing a hagiography of St Denis with this imagery. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archivolt figures and detail from the Martyrdom of St Denis, with St Denis, Rustique and Eleuthera led away in chains for their beliefs, relief on the tympanum of the North portal of the West facade, made 1135 and restored in 1839, at the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Abbot Suger originally had a mosaic made on this tympanum, and was introducing a hagiography of St Denis with this imagery. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of St Denis, with St Denis, Rustique and Eleuthera led away in chains for their beliefs, detail, relief on the tympanum of the North portal of the West facade, made 1135 and restored in 1839, at the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Abbot Suger originally had a mosaic made on this tympanum, and was introducing a hagiography of St Denis with this imagery. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of St Denis, with St Denis, Rustique and Eleuthera led away in chains for their beliefs, relief on the tympanum of the North portal of the West facade, made 1135 and restored in 1839, at the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Abbot Suger originally had a mosaic made on this tympanum, and was introducing a hagiography of St Denis with this imagery. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Palacio de las Cadenas or Palace of the Chains, or Vazquez de Molina Palace, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509-75, and built 1546-65 in Renaissance style for Juan Vazquez de Molina, in the Vazquez de Molina Square, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The 3 storey building has a central portal, triangular pediments on the first floor windows, bull's eye windows and caryatids on the second floor and lanterns on the roof corners. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the architect Andres de Vandelvira, 1509–75, Spanish Renaissance architect, in the Vazquez de Molina Square, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. Vandelvira designed many of the Renaissance buildings in Ubeda and Baeza. Behind the statue is the Palacio de las Cadenas or Palace of the Chains, or Vazquez de Molina Palace, designed by Andres de Vandelvira and built 1546-65 in Renaissance style for Juan Vazquez de Molina. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the architect Andres de Vandelvira, 1509–75, Spanish Renaissance architect, in the Vazquez de Molina Square, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. Vandelvira designed many of the Renaissance buildings in Ubeda and Baeza. Behind the statue is the Palacio de las Cadenas or Palace of the Chains, or Vazquez de Molina Palace, designed by Andres de Vandelvira and built 1546-65 in Renaissance style for Juan Vazquez de Molina. The 3 storey building has a central portal, triangular pediments on the first floor windows, bull's eye windows and caryatids on the second floor and lanterns on the roof corners. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of the Palacio de las Cadenas or Palace of the Chains, or Vazquez de Molina Palace, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509-75, and built 1546-65 in Renaissance style for Juan Vazquez de Molina, in the Vazquez de Molina Square, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The 3 storey building has a central portal, triangular pediments on the first floor windows, bull's eye windows and caryatids on the second floor and lanterns on the roof corners. In the foreground is a formal garden with palm trees and topiary hedges. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of the Palacio de las Cadenas or Palace of the Chains, or Vazquez de Molina Palace, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509-75, and built 1546-65 in Renaissance style for Juan Vazquez de Molina, in the Vazquez de Molina Square, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The 3 storey building has a central portal, triangular pediments on the first floor windows, bull's eye windows and caryatids on the second floor and lanterns on the roof corners. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of the Palacio de las Cadenas or Palace of the Chains, or Vazquez de Molina Palace, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509-75, and built 1546-65 in Renaissance style for Juan Vazquez de Molina, in the Vazquez de Molina Square, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The 3 storey building has a central portal, triangular pediments on the first floor windows, bull's eye windows and caryatids on the second floor and lanterns on the roof corners. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • J'On le Chninkel, Chninkel with chains around his waist, from Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel comic book series, oil painting, 2006, by Grzegorz Rosinski, 1941-, Polish comic book artist. Rosinski was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland, and now lives in Switzerland, and is the author and designer of many Polish comic book series. He created the Chninkel series with Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme in 1986. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Further clearances requested, please contact us and/or visit www.lelombard.com
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  • Front page of Le Canard Enchaine, issue number 1, published 5th July 1916 during WWI, with a cartoon by H P Gassier depicting a chained duck. Le Canard Enchaine is a satirical weekly newspaper, founded in 1915 during the First World War by  Maurice Marechal, Jeanne Marechal and H P Gassier. It features investigative journalism, political cartoons, business and political leaks and bogus interviews. In 2015 the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Andromeda chained to the rock, from the fresco panel of Andromeda freed by Perseus, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Genie de la Liberte (Spirit of Freedom), 1833, by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, a gilded statue on a gilded globe crowning the Corinthian capital of the Colonne de Juillet (July Column), 1835-40, by Jean-Antoine Alavoine and Joseph-Louis Duc, at the Place de la Bastille, 11th arrondissement, Paris, France. The winged figure of liberty is crowned with a star, holds the torch of civilization and his broken chains. The July Column commemorates the Revolution of 1830 and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses, the 3 days of 27‚??29 July 1830 that saw the fall of King Charles X of France and the commencement of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silhouette of the Genie de la Liberte (Spirit of Freedom), 1833, by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, crowning the Corinthian capital of the Colonne de Juillet (July Column), 1835-40, by Jean-Antoine Alavoine and Joseph-Louis Duc, at the Place de la Bastille, 11th arrondissement, Paris, France. The winged figure of liberty is crowned with a star, holds the torch of civilization and his broken chains. The July Column commemorates the Revolution of 1830 and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses, the 3 days of 27‚??29 July 1830 that saw the fall of King Charles X of France and the commencement of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco panel of Andromeda freed by Perseus, with Andromeda chained to the rock on the left and King Cepheus of Ethiopia, Andromeda's father, thanking Perseus on the right, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Mur Tombe du Ciel, or The Wall Fallen from the Sky, detail of slaves, fresco, 2011, on a 10m section of wall, by Jean-Luc Courcoult and David Bartex, created for the Royal de Luxe show and then restored in 2018 and moved to the Place Ricordeau, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The fresco records the true history of Nantes, from the Middle Ages to the present day, depicting 300 historical characters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fury, a blindfolded shackled man, an allegorical walnut wood sculpture by Francesco Pianta, 1657-76, in the Sala Capitolare or Chapter Room, in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a lay confraternity founded in 1478, based on the cult of St Roch, in San Polo in Venice, Italy. The series is moralising in tone, with vices and virtues, and representations of the arts. The sculptures are dossali, originally intended for the rear of an altar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fury, a blindfolded shackled man, an allegorical walnut wood sculpture by Francesco Pianta, 1657-76, in the Sala Capitolare or Chapter Room, in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a lay confraternity founded in 1478, based on the cult of St Roch, in San Polo in Venice, Italy. The series is moralising in tone, with vices and virtues, and representations of the arts. The sculptures are dossali, originally intended for the rear of an altar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sketches from a sketchbook on Series 30, Moi Jolan, and Series 32, La Bataille d'Asgard, of the Thorgal comic books, by Grzegorz Rosinski, 1941-, Polish comic book artist. Rosinski was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland, and now lives in Switzerland, and is the author and designer of many Polish comic book series. He created Thorgal with Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme. The series was first published in Tintin in 1977 and has been published by Le Lombard since 1980. The stories cover Norse mythology, Atlantean fantasy, science fiction, horror and adventure genres. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Further clearances requested, please contact us and/or visit www.lelombard.com
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  • An English slave owner from Barbados selling his mistress, by Jean Michel Moreau the Younger, 1741-1814, facsimile of the original in the Musee du Quai Branly, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Mur Tombe du Ciel, or The Wall Fallen from the Sky, detail of slaves, fresco, 2011, on a 10m section of wall, by Jean-Luc Courcoult and David Bartex, created for the Royal de Luxe show and then restored in 2018 and moved to the Place Ricordeau, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The fresco records the true history of Nantes, from the Middle Ages to the present day, depicting 300 historical characters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban (1633 -1707), commissioned by Louis XIV in the second half of 17th century to design and supervise the building of a chain of forts to ensure that France's north-east border lands, Pavillon Richelieu & Colbert (1857), Louvre Museum, Paris, France Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of intricately carved stucco wall with chain designs, floral decoration and stylised Arabic script, in the Court of the Lions, built 1362 in the second reign of Muhammad V, in the Nasrid dynasty Palace of the Lions, Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Alhambra was begun in the 11th century as a castle, and in the 13th and 14th centuries served as the royal palace of the Nasrid sultans. The huge complex contains the Alcazaba, Nasrid palaces, gardens and Generalife. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Armed man, wearing chain mail, 15th century, statue on the left side of the main door and entrance, Cathedral of San Salvador, 12th-14th century, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Avila Cathedral is a strong, fortress-like cathedral adjoining the famous medieval city walls. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piazzetta del Pilo del Piave, with a stone column built 1934-35 symbolising the broken arch of a bridge near the Piave, and on top, a Vittoria del Piave, 1935, by Arrigo Minerbi, with chained feet, symbolising the will of resistance of the Italian army after the Caporetto route, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, the home, estate and museums of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piazzetta del Pilo del Piave, with a stone column built 1934-35 symbolising the broken arch of a bridge near the Piave, and on top, a Vittoria del Piave, 1935, by Arrigo Minerbi, with chained feet, symbolising the will of resistance of the Italian army after the Caporetto route, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, the home, estate and museums of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archivolt figures and detail from the Martyrdom of St Denis, with St Denis, Rustique and Eleuthera led away in chains for their beliefs, relief on the tympanum of the North portal of the West facade, made 1135 and restored in 1839, at the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Abbot Suger originally had a mosaic made on this tympanum, and was introducing a hagiography of St Denis with this imagery. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front page of Le Canard Enchaine, issue number 201, 5th year, published 5th May 1920, with a cartoon by Guilac featuring a chained duck and a headline 'Le Canard de nouveau enchaine', as the newspaper's title reverted to its original from the brief period it was called Le Canard Dechaine after WWI to celebrate the end of military censorship of the press. Le Canard Enchaine is a satirical weekly newspaper, founded in 1915 during the First World War by Maurice Marechal, Jeanne Marechal and H P Gassier. It features investigative journalism, political cartoons, business and political leaks and bogus interviews. In 2015 the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco panel of Andromeda freed by Perseus, with Andromeda chained to the rock in the centre, and King Cepheus of Ethiopia, Andromeda's father, thanking Perseus on the right, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two figures with haloes, possibly a saint standing on the body of a chained devil, fresco in the nave of the Church of St Spiridon, 18th - 19th centuries, completed 1864, in the Gorica quarter of Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. The church is a 3-nave basilica with two lower side naves and a bell tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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