French XVII Disciples Oval Table/Exhibition

The management of the "French XVII Disciples Exhibition" is glad to propose an exquisite gallery of portraits related to the famous "French XVII Disciples". Some item-shuffling still has to be done, but you get the idea!
File:JollyDisciple.jpg|Louis Quatorze, Jean Bart and Romero, in Bavarian attire (the closest to "Russian disguise" Paris had to offer), welcoming Pierre Legrand with "Legrand est arrivé".
File:LouisQ.jpg|Louis Quatorze wondering if he shouldn't wear a wig after all.
File:XIVFrenchTrombonePlayer.JPG|Louis XIV's trombone player refused the set of "Rabane" the other Louis offered him. The result is obvious...
File:XIVTimpaniPlayer.jpg|Louis XIV's timpani player tries to protect his eyes, with notable influence on his playing...
File:XIVFrenchRoyalDolphin.jpg|XVIIth Century engraving of the French Royal Dolphin. The engraving clearly shows the ability of the Royal Dolphin to stay out of the water, even having a nice smoke. Much unlike Louis XIV, who abhorred tobacco, and didn't allow any smoking in his presence.
File:XIXDolphinMonkey.jpg|The once famous French Royal Dolphin seen through Gustave Doré's XIXth Century eyes. No respect, man, no respect!
File:Lafontaine.jpg|Famed for his love of flamboyant clothing, and his unnatural green hair, Jean de la Fontaine cut a dashing figure within XVIIth Century French society.
File:LaFontaineJeans.jpg|Jean de la Fontaine didn't care about his wig clashing with his clothes. Detail from the Disciples dressing-up party commemoration engraving.
File:JeanBartSkull.jpg|Right side of Jean Bart's skull, photographed right after the unburying, showing the famous tattoo.]]
File:TamBears.jpg|Elisabeth Lajoly as the Tambourine Kid and her bears. That's how she remembered her youth: she made this drawing especially for the Disciples.
File:ElisabethLajoly.jpg|Elisabeth the way she wanted to be remembered: she drew the portrait herself shortly before her death.
File:YoungLizTam1.jpg|The Tambourine Kid seen through the eyes of a passing-by artist, who finally offered her a copy of the final engraving. A side effect of her tambourine playing?
File:TambWench.jpg|Our Wench in action: rehearsing her Sea Snake charming routine, and preparing for battle. Her own drawing, contemporaneous this one. Mark her visionary hat model!
File:MoliereFancy.jpg|Molière trying to decide if he's going to shave off that butchy moustache or not...
File:MoliereBagpipe.jpg|Molière trying Longfellow's bagpipes. It sounded horrible.
File:LullyBust.jpg|Bust of Lully, looking really sore because the sculptor exaggerated his nose.
File: PjotrHoll1697.jpg|The Dutch people and His Noodlyness welcome Pjotr/Pierre in August 1697. You can see him standing in the little boat, bottom left. You can see Him floating around, top right. Drawing by Abraham Noodle Storck.
File:StrogovCaravan.jpg|Member of the Strogov Dynasty riding for "Strogov & Sons". Prob. mid-XIXth Century.
File:StrogovPractice.jpg|The Strogov family during one of their regular Post Horn practice sessions.
File:StevinPortrait.jpg|Simon Stevin's portrait.
File:FelipeRomero.jpg|Felipe Romero, ready to leave his home, never to return (little did he know).
File:XVIIUnitedArtists.jpg|Le Nôtre, Le Veau and Le Brun artificially United by Le Brun himself. He just loved to paint in black and white, or, like the French saying goes, in "grisaille".
File:Fouquet.jpg|Nicolas Fouquet, the favorite scapegoat of Louis XIV, at an early and innocent age. Look at that smirk, soon to disappear from his face...
File:LeVisXIV.jpg|Jean le Vis de Nîmes demonstrating a pair of his trendy trousers. Jean did a great job showing how traditional upper-class garments could combine with trendy lower-class wear.
File:HWLBagpipe.jpg|A young Henry Whatsyourname Longfellow, piping away despite his unbelonging to any clan. Mark the presence of a full-grown white beard, and the absence of mustache at this early age.
File:HenryWhatsLong.jpg|Henry Whatsyourname Longfellow, exactly two seconds before the noodly muse inspires him the "Empress of Thong" limerick.
File:AlbertNonyme.jpg|Albert Nonyme in three successive states of mind: before, during and after a meal consisting of a good plate of spaghetti.
File:PerraultPeep.jpg|Charles Perrault seen through the peephole of Jean Bart's Paris appartment.
Category:Arts
Category:French culture