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Jun 12, 2024 · Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (born August 29, 1780, Montauban, France—died January 14, 1867, Paris) was a painter and icon of cultural conservatism in 19th-century France. Ingres became the principal proponent of French Neoclassical painting after the death of his mentor, Jacques-Louis David.
2 days ago · The cathedral in Montauban in the south of France contains one of the greatest works by the town’s native son Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Vow of Louis XIII (1824), an elaborate neoclassical oil painting that shows the French king offering a pledge to the Virgin Mary. The Musée Ingres Bourdelle, dedicated to Ingres and another ...
2 days ago · Louis XIII built a simple hunting lodge on the site of the Palace of Versailles in 1623. With his death came Louis XIV who expanded the château into the beginnings of a palace that went through several changes and phases from 1661 to 1715.
Jun 15, 2024 · The birth of the future Louis XIV, who became France’s longest-reigning monarch, in 1638, after 23 years of marriage, was attributed to the Virgin’s divine intervention. In the minds of the...
Jun 28, 2024 · In the dramatic context of the Revolution, it reactivates the devotion to the Vow of Louis XIII and to the Heart of Mary. For her courage during a riot, she was even nicknamed “Saint Geneviève of the Tuileries”.
Jun 15, 2024 · Louis XIII was the king of France from 1610 to 1643, who cooperated closely with his chief minister, the Cardinal de Richelieu, to make France a leading European power. The eldest son of King Henry IV and Marie de Médicis, Louis succeeded to the throne upon the assassination of his father in May.
4 days ago · France - Absolutism, Religious Conflict, Louis XIII: The restoration of royal authority was not, of course, simply a matter of adjusting theories of kingship; there was a clear practical reason for Henry’s success. The country had tottered on the brink of disintegration for three decades.
