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Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard) is a series of five oil on canvas equestrian portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805.
Napoleon surrendering to the English and boarding one of their ships. Bonaparte's arrival on Saint Helena Island, engraving by Louis-Yves Queverdo [].. Following his abdication on June 22, 1815, Napoleon proceeded to the Atlantic coast, where the French government, under the leadership of Fouché, had arranged for two frigates to facilitate his departure for America.
Édouard Leclerc (French pronunciation: [edwaʁ ləklɛʁ]; born 20 November 1926 in Landerneau – died 17 September 2012 in Saint-Divy, Brittany) was a French businessman and entrepreneur who founded the French supermarket chain E.Leclerc in 1948.
Antoine de Galbert-Defforey, born () October 20, 1955 in Grenoble, is a French collector of contemporary art and patron of the arts.. He is primarily known for being the creator of the Antoine de Galbert Foundation, a not-for-profit public utility foundation in France, whose mission is to promote different forms of modern and contemporary art through temporary exhibitions, and through his ...
Grand Siècle or Great Century refers to the period of French history during the 17th century, under the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. [ 2 ] The period was notable for its development of art and literature, along with the construction of the Palace of Versailles , the effects of the French Wars of Religion , and the impacts of the Thirty ...
(in French) Le Grand-Saint-Bernard (collectif), dans Les chanoines réguliers de Saint-Augustin en Valais, Bâle, 1997 (Helvetia sacra, IV/1) (in French) Lucien Quaglia, La maison du Grand-Saint-Bernard des origines aux temps actuels, Martigny, 1972.
Hélène Solomon-Langevin 1909-1995: Jacques Solomon 1908–1942: Isabelle Langevin: Paul-Eric Langevin: Edouard Chavannes 1865–1918: Claire Chavannes (Edouard's granddaughter) Bernard Langevin 1926–2018: Noemie Langevin: Sylvestre Langevin: Michel Langevin 1926-1985: Aline Langevin: Jacques Varloteau: Beatrice Thuillier: Charles Koechlin ...
Jean Leclercq OSB (31 January 1911 – 27 October 1993), was a French Benedictine monk, the author of classic studies on Lectio Divina and the history of inter-monastic dialogue, as well as the life and theology of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.