We were on the shore of Lake Champaigne and could hear Oprey but couldn't find them. Walking back to the car we came around a row of tall trees and there they were. The bird on the left appeard to be a juvenile and the one making all of the noise probably wanting to be fed. The bird on the right was having no part of it. He/she just stood there . Eventually he/she flew off and started circling over the nest. The other bird got the hint and stood up and took flight as well. Last we saw of them they were headed over the lake for what I presume was a lesson in fishing.

The Pierre Menard House, located in Ellis Grove, Illinois, was the home of Pierre Menard (1766-1844), a Canadian-born trader who became the first lieutenant governor of Illinois from 1818 to 1822. Prior to Illinois statehood, Menard served as the presiding officer of the Illinois Territorial Legislature.

The Pierre Menard House was designed by architect Joseph Champaigne. It is an illustration of French Creole architecture and has various features which highlight this, including its beautiful porch. The house is built into gently sloping land at the bottom of a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, which during Menard's time would have been the Kaskaskia River. It is sometimes referred to as "The Mount Vernon of the West" for being the finest example of French Colonial architecture in the Mid-Mississippi River Valley.

The Pierre Menard House was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historical Landmark in 1970. Additionally, the house was named one of the contributing properties to the French Colonial Historic District in 1974. The district encompasses a major region of 18th-century French colonization in southwestern Illinois.

The Pierre Menard House, located in Ellis Grove, Illinois, was the home of Pierre Menard (1766-1844), a Canadian-born trader who became the first lieutenant governor of Illinois from 1818 to 1822. Prior to Illinois statehood, Menard served as the presiding officer of the Illinois Territorial Legislature.

The Pierre Menard House was designed by architect Joseph Champaigne. It is an illustration of French Creole architecture and has various features which highlight this, including its beautiful porch. The house is built into gently sloping land at the bottom of a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, which during Menard's time would have been the Kaskaskia River. It is sometimes referred to as "The Mount Vernon of the West" for being the finest example of French Colonial architecture in the Mid-Mississippi River Valley.

The Pierre Menard House was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historical Landmark in 1970. Additionally, the house was named one of the contributing properties to the French Colonial Historic District in 1974. The district encompasses a major region of 18th-century French colonization in southwestern Illinois.

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Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille. Philippe de Champaigne, The Apotheosis of Mary Magdalene. (7/2021)

Reminds me of a fluted champaigne glass...

La chapelle axiale de la cathédrale est dédiée à la Vierge Marie. Elle est constituée de trois travées droites et d'une abside à cinq pans. Elle est achevée entre 1305 et 1311. À son chevet se trouve un autel et un retable en bois sculpté et doré de Jean Racine (1643-1645), offert par la confrérie de la Sainte Vierge pour orner la chapelle axiale. Ils sont agrémentés d'une huile sur toile de Philippe de Champaigne (1629), l'Adoration des Bergers. Ce tableau a coûté à la confrérie 650 livres pour le peintre et 40 sous à un artiste rouennais pour l'achever.

De nombreux tombeaux ornent la chapelle.

The axial chapel of the cathedral is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It consists of three straight bays and a five-sided apse. It was completed between 1305 and 1311. At its chevet is an altar and a carved and gilded wooden altarpiece by Jean Racine (1643-1645), offered by the brotherhood of the Holy Virgin to adorn the axial chapel. They are decorated with an oil on canvas by Philippe de Champaigne (1629), the Adoration of the Shepherds. This painting cost the brotherhood 650 livres for the painter and 40 sous for a Rouen artist to complete it.

Many tombs adorn the chapel

Cette ancienne chambre à coucher du roi, de Henri III à Louis XVI, a été transformée en salon de l'empereur par Napoléon Ier en 1804, puis en salle du trône en 180880. Le décor mural de la salle fut harmonisé au XVIIIe siècle à partir d'éléments anciens : lors des agrandissements réalisés entre 1752 et 1754, certains éléments furent remaniés par Jacques-Ange Gabriel (deux portes à côté de la cheminée) et d'autres créés de toutes pièces dans le style rocaille (panneaux de boiseries chantournés, en face du trône). La partie centrale du plafond (aux armes de France et de Navarre), une partie du lambris bas, les portes à fronton et les bas-reliefs à motifs guerriers datent pour leur part du milieu du XVIIe siècle. Les boiseries murales sont ornées de l'emblème de Louis XIII : la massue d'Hercule accompagnée de l'inscription Erit haec quoque cognita monstris (Les monstres eux-mêmes la connaîtront). La cheminée date également de 1752. Au-dessus de la cheminée figure un portrait en pied de Louis XIII, issu de l'atelier de Philippe de Champaigne.

Le trône a été réalisé en 1804 par Jacob-Desmalter d'après les dessins de Percier et Fontaine. Il est placé sur une estrade, sous un dais rouge et bleu brodé de 350 abeilles en fil d'or par Picot en 1808, et encadré par deux enseignes.

This former bedroom of the king from Henry III to Louis XVI was transformed into the Emperor's salon by Napoleon I in 1804, and then into the throne room in 180880. The wall decoration of the room was harmonised in the 18th century using old elements: during the extensions carried out between 1752 and 1754, some elements were redesigned by Jacques-Ange Gabriel (two doors next to the fireplace) and others were created from scratch in the rocaille style (scalloped wood panels opposite the throne). The central part of the ceiling (with the arms of France and Navarre), part of the low panelling, the pedimented doors and the bas-reliefs with warrior motifs date from the mid 17th century. The wall panelling is decorated with the emblem of Louis XIII: the club of Hercules accompanied by the inscription Erit haec quoque cognita monstris (The monsters themselves will know it). The fireplace also dates from 1752. Above the mantel is a full-length portrait of Louis XIII from the workshop of Philippe de Champaigne.

The throne was made in 1804 by Jacob-Desmalter after drawings by Percier and Fontaine. It is placed on a platform, under a red and blue canopy embroidered with 350 bees in gold thread by Picot in 1808, and framed by two signs.

or rose petals - contained - in a champagne glass.

Le Mans (Sarthe) - Musée de Tessé - "Le sommeil d'Elie" (Philippe de Champaigne, 1602-1674)

Huile sur toile

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- to good CX;) A very minor complaint resulted in management apologies, expressed with a bottle of bubbly and a large bowl of assorted premium fruit.

(Makes you want to keep finding faults and complaining daily ;) ))

I was photographing the girl and the boy kissing. Having a digital camera when I push the exposure button I can count up to 4 - 5 seconds before it exposes. In the last second a third person put his head into the picture thus creating a hilarious shot. It was completely accidental!!!

A section of the painting known as "Christ on the Cross", attributed to Philippe de Champaigne (1602 - 1674), now hanging in the Pierre-de-Luxembourg Museum, Villenueve-les-Avignon, France

You don't need Tylenol. Just a little bit of hair of bat, some toe nail trimmings from a dead cattle rustler and the cork from a champaigne bottle from Mar-a-lago. Shaken, not stirred.

How many special people change?

How many lives are living strange?

Where were you while we were getting high? - Oasis

It's my 2nd night with francis, Mike, Derick, and Andy covering a champaigne brand event, for four nights till 3am we all had only a 3hours of sleep coz we need to go back at our real and stress full job @ 7am, for the next few days you will see me posting late of my 365 photos

SB900 Off/Did not fire only available light and from Mike's new Comer continues light for video.

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Saint Michael's Church (Dutch: Sint-Michielskerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Ghent, Belgium built in a late Gothic style. It is known for its rich interior decoration.

History

Documents from 1105 testify to the existence on the site of a chapel dedicated to St. Michael which was subordinate to another parish. The building was twice destroyed by fire early in the twelfth century and rebuilt. From 1147 it was recognized as an independent parochial church.

Construction of the current late Gothic church was probably commenced in 1440, and took place in two phases, separated by a long interval. During the first phase, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the western part of the building was built, including the tower, the three-aisled nave and transept. This was completed in 1528. The construction of the western tower continued and by 1566 two levels of the tower were completed. Then, due to religious conflicts, not only did construction stop, but looting and destruction took place. Part of the church was destroyed in 1578 by Calvinists and in 1579 the old choir was demolished.

Reconstruction of the church only started in 1623. The early Gothic choir was replaced by a choir in Brabantine Gothic. Local architect Lieven Cruyl made a design for the unfinished western tower in 1662. The design provided for a spire of 134-metre-high in Brabantine Gothic style but was never realised. As a result of these delays and cost concerns, the tower was in the end never completed. Only in 1828 was a flat roof built over the unfinished tower.

The sacristy in the north-east was constructed in Baroque style in 1650-1651.

Description

The exterior of the sober late Gothic church is entirely constructed with sandstone from Brussels and Ledian sandstone. The church has a rich Neo-Gothic interior, including an altar and a pulpit in that style. There are various 18th century statues, including a Saint Livinus by Laurent Delvaux, a wooden St. Sebastian by J. Franciscus Allaert, eight marble statues of saints and a copy of Michelangelo's Madonna of Bruges by Rombaut Pauwels.

The church contains many Baroque paintings, including Christ Dying on the Cross by Anthony van Dyck, the Resurrection of Lazarus by Otto Venius and paintings by Gaspar de Crayer, Philippe de Champaigne, Karel van Mander, Jan Boeckhorst, Antoon van den Heuvel, Theodoor van Thulden and others.

There are confessionals from various style periods including a Baroque confessional from the early 17th century by François Cruyt with statues sculpted by Michiel van der Voort the Elder.

Organ

The organ dates back to an instrument that was built in 1817 by the organ builder De Volder. The style of the front is fully made in gothic revival. In 1951 the instrument was remodeled and expanded by the organ builder Anneessens. The organ has 47 stops on three manuals and a pedal.

Church Treasure

There are numerous silver and gold artifacts in the silver collection. An important item is the relic of St Dorothea, in silver. Very famous is the relic of the sacred "Doorn" brought to the church by Mary, Queen of Scots, and a relic of the true Cross a gift of the Archduke Albrecht and Isabella in 1619.

(Wikipedia)

Die Kirche Sankt Michael in Gent (niederländisch Sint-Michielskerk, französisch Église Saint-Michel) ist ein katholischer Kirchenbau aus dem 15. und 16. Jahrhundert.

Geschichte

Die ursprünglich bescheidene Kapelle brannte zu Beginn des 12. Jahrhunderts nieder. Ein größerer Neubau wurde ab etwa 1440 durch die heutige Kirche ersetzt. Der heutige Bau entstand in zwei Phasen mit einer langen Unterbrechung. Während der ersten Phase im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert wurde der westliche Teil gebaut, also das dreischiffige Langhaus und das Querschiff, das 1530 fertiggestellt wurde, sowie der Glockenturm, der 1566, dem Jahr des reformatorischen Bildersturms in den burgundischen Niederlanden bis zur zweiten Etage gediehen war. Während der anschließenden Zweiten und Dritten Hugenottenkriegs wurden die Arbeiten dann unterbrochen. 1579, zur Zeit der calvinistischen Herrschaft wurde die Kirche geplündert und beschädigt, der Chor zerstört.

Von 1623 bis 1659, unter der Herrschaft von Isabella Clara Eugenia von Spanien, Albrecht VII. von Habsburg und ihren Nachfolgern wurden Chor und Kapellenkranz wiederhergestellt, die Fertigstellung des Glockenturms aus finanziellen Gründen aufgegeben. Die Pläne des Architekten Lieven Cruyl aus dem Jahr 1662, der einen Turm im Stil der Brabantischen Gotik wie bei der Kathedrale von Antwerpen vorsah, wurde nicht weiterverfolgt, so dass der Turm heute noch wie abgeschnitten aussieht.

Ausstattung

Im Inneren befinden sich Altar und Kanzel im neugotischen Stil, Beichtstühle im Stil des Barock, des Rokoko und des Neoklassizismus, mehrere Statuen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert und zahlreiche Gemälde aus dem Barock, darunter ein Sterbender Christus von Anthonis van Dyck sowie Werke von Gaspar de Crayer, Philippe de Champaigne und Johann Bockhorst.

Orgel

Die Orgel geht zurück auf ein Instrument, das 1817 von dem Orgelbauer De Volder erbaut wurde. 1951 wurde das Instrument durch den Orgelbauer Anneessens umgebaut und erweitert. Die Orgel hat 47 Register auf drei Manualen und Pedal.

(Wikipedia)

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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael%27s_Church,_Ghent:

Saint Michael's Church (Dutch: Sint-Michielskerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Ghent, Belgium built in a late Gothic style. It is known for its rich interior decoration.

Documents from 1105 testify to the existence on the site of a chapel dedicated to St. Michael which was subordinate to another parish. The building was twice destroyed by fire early in the twelfth century and rebuilt. From 1147 it was recognized as an independent parochial church.

Construction of the current late Gothic church was probably commenced in 1440, and took place in two phases, separated by a long interval. During the first phase, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the western part of the building was built, including the tower, the three-aisled nave and transept. This was completed in 1528. The construction of the western tower continued and by 1566 two levels of the tower were completed. Then, due to religious conflicts, not only did construction stop, but looting and destruction took place. Part of the church was destroyed in 1578 by Calvinists and in 1579 the old choir was demolished.

Reconstruction of the church only started in 1623. The early Gothic choir was replaced by a choir in Brabantine Gothic. Local architect Lieven Cruyl made a design for the unfinished western tower in 1662. The design provided for a spire of 134-metre-high in Brabantine Gothic style but was never realised. As a result of these delays and cost concerns, the tower was in the end never completed. Only in 1828 was a flat roof built over the unfinished tower.

The sacristy in the north-east was constructed in Baroque style in 1650–1651.

The exterior of the sober late Gothic church is entirely constructed with sandstone from Brussels and Ledian sandstone. The church has a rich Neo-Gothic interior, including an altar and a pulpit in that style. There are various 18th century statues, including a Saint Livinus by Laurent Delvaux, a wooden St. Sebastian by J. Franciscus Allaert, eight marble statues of saints and a copy of Michelangelo's Madonna of Bruges by Rombaut Pauwels.

The church contains many Baroque paintings, including Christ Dying on the Cross by Anthony van Dyck, the Resurrection of Lazarus by Otto Venius and paintings by Gaspar de Crayer, Philippe de Champaigne, Karel van Mander, Jan Boeckhorst, Antoon van den Heuvel, Theodoor van Thulden and others.

There are confessionals from various style periods including a Baroque confessional from the early 17th century by François Cruyt with statues sculpted by Michiel van der Voort the Elder.

Foyer of Philharmonie, a Glass of New Year's Eve Champaigne , during the intermission in Musical "Revenge of the Bat" (Die Fledermau) by Johann Strauss

Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael%27s_Church,_Ghent:

Saint Michael's Church (Dutch: Sint-Michielskerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Ghent, Belgium built in a late Gothic style. It is known for its rich interior decoration.

Documents from 1105 testify to the existence on the site of a chapel dedicated to St. Michael which was subordinate to another parish. The building was twice destroyed by fire early in the twelfth century and rebuilt. From 1147 it was recognized as an independent parochial church.

Construction of the current late Gothic church was probably commenced in 1440, and took place in two phases, separated by a long interval. During the first phase, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the western part of the building was built, including the tower, the three-aisled nave and transept. This was completed in 1528. The construction of the western tower continued and by 1566 two levels of the tower were completed. Then, due to religious conflicts, not only did construction stop, but looting and destruction took place. Part of the church was destroyed in 1578 by Calvinists and in 1579 the old choir was demolished.

Reconstruction of the church only started in 1623. The early Gothic choir was replaced by a choir in Brabantine Gothic. Local architect Lieven Cruyl made a design for the unfinished western tower in 1662. The design provided for a spire of 134-metre-high in Brabantine Gothic style but was never realised. As a result of these delays and cost concerns, the tower was in the end never completed. Only in 1828 was a flat roof built over the unfinished tower.

The sacristy in the north-east was constructed in Baroque style in 1650–1651.

The exterior of the sober late Gothic church is entirely constructed with sandstone from Brussels and Ledian sandstone. The church has a rich Neo-Gothic interior, including an altar and a pulpit in that style. There are various 18th century statues, including a Saint Livinus by Laurent Delvaux, a wooden St. Sebastian by J. Franciscus Allaert, eight marble statues of saints and a copy of Michelangelo's Madonna of Bruges by Rombaut Pauwels.

The church contains many Baroque paintings, including Christ Dying on the Cross by Anthony van Dyck, the Resurrection of Lazarus by Otto Venius and paintings by Gaspar de Crayer, Philippe de Champaigne, Karel van Mander, Jan Boeckhorst, Antoon van den Heuvel, Theodoor van Thulden and others.

There are confessionals from various style periods including a Baroque confessional from the early 17th century by François Cruyt with statues sculpted by Michiel van der Voort the Elder.

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Cette ancienne chambre à coucher du roi, de Henri III à Louis XVI, a été transformée en salon de l'empereur par Napoléon Ier en 1804, puis en salle du trône en 180880. Le décor mural de la salle fut harmonisé au XVIIIe siècle à partir d'éléments anciens : lors des agrandissements réalisés entre 1752 et 1754, certains éléments furent remaniés par Jacques-Ange Gabriel (deux portes à côté de la cheminée) et d'autres créés de toutes pièces dans le style rocaille (panneaux de boiseries chantournés, en face du trône). La partie centrale du plafond (aux armes de France et de Navarre), une partie du lambris bas, les portes à fronton et les bas-reliefs à motifs guerriers datent pour leur part du milieu du XVIIe siècle. Les boiseries murales sont ornées de l'emblème de Louis XIII : la massue d'Hercule accompagnée de l'inscription Erit haec quoque cognita monstris (Les monstres eux-mêmes la connaîtront). La cheminée date également de 1752. Au-dessus de la cheminée figure un portrait en pied de Louis XIII, issu de l'atelier de Philippe de Champaigne.

Le trône a été réalisé en 1804 par Jacob-Desmalter d'après les dessins de Percier et Fontaine. Il est placé sur une estrade, sous un dais rouge et bleu brodé de 350 abeilles en fil d'or par Picot en 1808, et encadré par deux enseignes.

This former bedroom of the king from Henry III to Louis XVI was transformed into the Emperor's salon by Napoleon I in 1804, and then into the throne room in 180880. The wall decoration of the room was harmonised in the 18th century using old elements: during the extensions carried out between 1752 and 1754, some elements were redesigned by Jacques-Ange Gabriel (two doors next to the fireplace) and others were created from scratch in the rocaille style (scalloped wood panels opposite the throne). The central part of the ceiling (with the arms of France and Navarre), part of the low panelling, the pedimented doors and the bas-reliefs with warrior motifs date from the mid 17th century. The wall panelling is decorated with the emblem of Louis XIII: the club of Hercules accompanied by the inscription Erit haec quoque cognita monstris (The monsters themselves will know it). The fireplace also dates from 1752. Above the mantel is a full-length portrait of Louis XIII from the workshop of Philippe de Champaigne.

The throne was made in 1804 by Jacob-Desmalter after drawings by Percier and Fontaine. It is placed on a platform, under a red and blue canopy embroidered with 350 bees in gold thread by Picot in 1808, and framed by two signs.

went to the famous tower tonight.

windy!

day went well. I was limping but made it to st germain des pres, cite, and the outskirts of montmartre.

my contact in the NL wants me to come play in July so the day was useful and productive.

sorry I have not been able to visit your streams...I want to but no time...yet....

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Philippe de Champaigne, St. Jerome.

Philippe de Champaigne (26 May 1602 - 12 August 1674) was a Baroque era painter of the French school.

Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières. In 1621 he moved to Paris, where he worked with Nicolas Poussin on the decoration of the Palais du Luxembourg under the direction of Nicolas Duchesne, whose daughter he married. After the death of his protector Duchesne, Champaigne worked for the Queen Mother, Marie de Medicis, and for Richelieu, for whom he decorated the cardinal's palace, the Dome of the Sorbonne church and other buildings. He was a founding member of the Acadèmie Royale de Peinture in 1648.

Later in his life (1640), he came under the influence of Jansenism. After his paralysed daughter was allegedly miraculously cured at the nunnery of Port-Royal, he painted the celebrated but untypical picture Ex-Voto de 1662, now in the Louvre, which represents the artist's daughter with Mother-Superior Cathèrine-Agnès Arnauld. Champaigne produced a very large number of paintings, mainly religious works and portraits. Influenced by Rubens at the beginning of his career, his style later became more austere. He died in Paris. (From Wikipedia)

"Oui, M'sieu!"

Foyer of Philharmonie, a Glass of New Year's Eve Champaigne , during the intermission in Musical "Revenge of the Bat" (Die Fledermau) by Johann Strauss, Kielce, Poland

Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674)

Louis XIII couronné par la victoire, 1635 (détail)

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Musée des Beaux Arts.

Portrait de Victor le Bouthillier (1650), Philippe de Champaigne.

Huile sur toile.

Ce tableau a été peint pendant la régence d'Anne d'Autriche. Champaigne ayant perdu ses deux grands commanditaires, Louis XIII et Richelieu, travaille alors pour une clientèle privée.

Philippe de Champaigne, fut apprécié et protégé de la famille le Bouthillier, une des plus grandes familles parisiennes du règne de Louis XIII.

Premier aumônier de Gaston d'Orléans en 1636, Victor Le Bouthillier devient archevêque de Tours en 1641. Fonction qu'il conservera jusqu'à sa mort en 1670.

Victor le Bouthillier consacre une partie de ses activités à l'embellissement de son palais, devenu musée des Beaux-Arts.

We got married during the winter break of our senior year in college. That was January 17, 1981. We celebrated yesterday.

1633-1640. Oli sobre tela. 259,5 x 178,5 cm. National Gellery, Londres. NG1449. Obra exposada: Sala 29.

Foyer of Philharmonie, a Glass of New Year's Eve Champaigne , during the intermission in Musical "Revenge of the Bat" (Die Fledermau) by Johann Strauss

Cette ancienne chambre à coucher du roi, de Henri III à Louis XVI, a été transformée en salon de l'empereur par Napoléon Ier en 1804, puis en salle du trône en 180880. Le décor mural de la salle fut harmonisé au XVIIIe siècle à partir d'éléments anciens : lors des agrandissements réalisés entre 1752 et 1754, certains éléments furent remaniés par Jacques-Ange Gabriel (deux portes à côté de la cheminée) et d'autres créés de toutes pièces dans le style rocaille (panneaux de boiseries chantournés, en face du trône). La partie centrale du plafond (aux armes de France et de Navarre), une partie du lambris bas, les portes à fronton et les bas-reliefs à motifs guerriers datent pour leur part du milieu du XVIIe siècle. Les boiseries murales sont ornées de l'emblème de Louis XIII : la massue d'Hercule accompagnée de l'inscription Erit haec quoque cognita monstris (Les monstres eux-mêmes la connaîtront). La cheminée date également de 1752. Au-dessus de la cheminée figure un portrait en pied de Louis XIII, issu de l'atelier de Philippe de Champaigne.

Le trône a été réalisé en 1804 par Jacob-Desmalter d'après les dessins de Percier et Fontaine. Il est placé sur une estrade, sous un dais rouge et bleu brodé de 350 abeilles en fil d'or par Picot en 1808, et encadré par deux enseignes.

This former bedroom of the king from Henry III to Louis XVI was transformed into the Emperor's salon by Napoleon I in 1804, and then into the throne room in 180880. The wall decoration of the room was harmonised in the 18th century using old elements: during the extensions carried out between 1752 and 1754, some elements were redesigned by Jacques-Ange Gabriel (two doors next to the fireplace) and others were created from scratch in the rocaille style (scalloped wood panels opposite the throne). The central part of the ceiling (with the arms of France and Navarre), part of the low panelling, the pedimented doors and the bas-reliefs with warrior motifs date from the mid 17th century. The wall panelling is decorated with the emblem of Louis XIII: the club of Hercules accompanied by the inscription Erit haec quoque cognita monstris (The monsters themselves will know it). The fireplace also dates from 1752. Above the mantel is a full-length portrait of Louis XIII from the workshop of Philippe de Champaigne.

The throne was made in 1804 by Jacob-Desmalter after drawings by Percier and Fontaine. It is placed on a platform, under a red and blue canopy embroidered with 350 bees in gold thread by Picot in 1808, and framed by two signs.

11/52 - 52 Weeks of 2018

"Color Wheel"

Oranges were picked fresh from the tree in the backyard. Shot on a white poster board (set up to approximate an infinity curve) then added the color in post, which was more of a pain than I expected. I realized after the fact that my lighting setup could have been tweaked better.

And in full disclosure, the juice actually wasn't freshly squeezed - just a little bit left over from the juice I buy at the store for my breakfast smoothies.

What's more Cliche than Christmas tree bokeh and wine glass shot....HCS !!