Charente Maritime 17 Collection

Le siege de la Rochelle 1627-1628: Cardinal de Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis)
ELD4870605 Le siege de la Rochelle 1627-1628: Cardinal de Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis, 1585-1642) celebrates the mass at the camp of La Rochelle before the Musketeers and the Assembled Troops

View of the arsenal of Rochefort-sur-Mer (Rochefort) in Charente maritime (Rochefort arsenal, Charente-maritime)
ELD4948824 View of the arsenal of Rochefort-sur-Mer (Rochefort) in Charente maritime (Rochefort arsenal, Charente-maritime)

The Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628, 1896) (illustration)
7304517 The Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628, 1896) (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

Siege de la Rochelle (1627-1628): " The Cardinal of Richelieu (1585-1642) on the dam of La Rochelle
ELD4842634 Siege de la Rochelle (1627-1628): " The Cardinal of Richelieu (1585-1642) on the dam of La Rochelle, during the siege of the city

The biggest torment of the forcate is to be a mismate. Fight between two prisoners connected by the same chain
XEE4143399 The biggest torment of the forcate is to be a mismate. Fight between two prisoners connected by the same chain. Bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century

Statue of Eugene Fromentin, Orientalist painter (1820-1876), place des petits benches Rochelais sculptor Ernest Dubois
JEB4942495 Statue of Eugene Fromentin, Orientalist painter (1820-1876), place des petits benches Rochelais sculptor Ernest Dubois (1863-1930) Inauguree in 1905 La Rochelle (17000)

Traditional costume of a peasant from Saint-Maurice, a commune integrated today in La Rochelle (Charente Maritime)
JLJ4566687 Traditional costume of a peasant from Saint-Maurice, a commune integrated today in La Rochelle (Charente Maritime). Lithograph of Charpentier, 19th century

La Charente Inferieure (Charente-Inferieure today Charente-Maritime or Charente Maritime, 17)
XEE4144611 La Charente Inferieure (Charente-Inferieure today Charente-Maritime or Charente Maritime, 17), Poitou Charentes (Poitou-Charentes) - France and its Colonies

Costume of peasants from the region of La Rochelle. Carpentier engraving, 19th century. Paris, Decorative Arts
JLJ4611012 Costume of peasants from the region of La Rochelle. Carpentier engraving, 19th century. Paris, Decorative Arts by Charpentier, Pierre Henri (1771-1854); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs

Le siege de la Rochelle, octobre 1628 (The siege of La Rochelle on october 1628)
FIA5357843 Le siege de la Rochelle, octobre 1628 (The siege of La Rochelle on october 1628). Peinture de Arnold Frans Rubens (1687-1719). Huile sur bois, 39, 5 x 57 cm. Art flamand, style baroque

Sitting from the Rochelle from 10 / 08 / 1627 to 28 / 10 / 1628, Musee de Versailles
GIA4812423 Sitting from the Rochelle from 10/08/1627 to 28/10/1628, Musee de Versailles. by Champaigne, Philippe de (1602-74); Musee et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles

Woman of La Rochelle knitting with a dog, a parrot and a cat playing with the ball of
LSE4081998 Woman of La Rochelle knitting with a dog, a parrot and a cat playing with the ball of wool. by Labrousse, L.F. (fl.1796); Private Collection; (add.info)

History of France: Entrment of King Louis XIII (1601-1643
JLJ4620309 History of France: Entrment of King Louis XIII (1601-1643) and Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis, 1585-1642) to La Rochelle

History of France: Aid sent to the defenseurs of the island of Re by Cardinal Richelieu
JLJ4620269 History of France: Aid sent to the defenseurs of the island of Re by Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis)

Plan of La Rochelle (Rochella), France (etching, 1572-1617)
LRI4708825 Plan of La Rochelle (Rochella), France (etching, 1572-1617) by Hogenberg, Franz (1540-c.1590); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan de La Rochelle (Rochella)

Saintonge with La Rochelle and Ile Oleron, France (engraving, 1596)
LRI4717187 Saintonge with La Rochelle and Ile Oleron, France (engraving, 1596) by Mercator, Gerardus (1512-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the pais of Xaintonge)

A Sagittarius. Detail of sculptures of the south portal, 1120-1140
LRI4722274 A Sagittarius. Detail of sculptures of the south portal, 1120-1140 by Romanesque, (12th century); Church of St

Detail of sculptures of the south portal, 1120-1140
LRI4722219 Detail of sculptures of the south portal, 1120-1140 by Romanesque, (12th century); Church of St. Pierre, Aulnay, France; (add.info.: Romanesque art: detail des sculptures du portal sud)

View of the Port of La Rochelle Painting by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) 1762 Paris
JLJ4653123 View of the Port of La Rochelle Painting by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) 1762 Paris, Musee de la Marine by Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-89); Musee de la Marine, Paris

Coupling at the Rochefort bagne in the 19th century. Engraving in "
XEE4143466 Coupling at the Rochefort bagne in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895)

Suicide at the Rochefort bagne in 1840. Engraving in "
XEE4143444 Suicide at the Rochefort bagne in 1840. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895) (Colonia Penale - Penal colony)

Convictions to perpetuity at the Rochefort Bagne in the 19th century
XEE4143431 Convictions to perpetuity at the Rochefort Bagne in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895)

Escape from the bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century. Engraving in "
XEE4143417 Escape from the bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895)

The canteen of the bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century
XEE4143401 The canteen of the bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895)

Port of La Rochelle, 1921 (oil on canvas)
AIS5387549 Port of La Rochelle, 1921 (oil on canvas) by Signac, Paul (1863-1935); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France; eIberfoto; French, out of copyright

Galloromain art: view of the Arc Germanicus, a triumphal arch of the city of Saintes in
JLJ4676141 Galloromain art: view of the Arc Germanicus, a triumphal arch of the city of Saintes in maritime charente. 50 BC-100 AD

Carved capital of the nave, 1120-1140
LRI4722342 Carved capital of the nave, 1120-1140 by Romanesque, (12th century); Church of St. Pierre, Aulnay, France; (add.info.: Romanesque art: capital of the nave)

Detail of sculptures of the south portal, 1120-1140
LRI4722189 Detail of sculptures of the south portal, 1120-1140 by Romanesque, (12th century); Church of St. Pierre, Aulnay, France; (add.info.: Romanesque art: detail des sculptures du portal sud)

Le port de la Rochelle Painting by Paul Signac (1863-1935) 1921 Sun
JLJ4577026 Le port de la Rochelle Painting by Paul Signac (1863-1935) 1921 Sun. 1, 3x1, 62 m Paris, musee d Orsay - The port of La Rochelle. Painting by Paul Signac (1863-1935), 1921. 1.3 x 1.62 m

Le port de Rochefort by Louis Garneray, sd. circa 1820, Oil on canvas, H. 0, 330; L. 0, 460
LSE4089960 Le port de Rochefort by Louis Garneray, sd. circa 1820, Oil on canvas, H. 0, 330; L. 0, 460. CCIP Coll. by Garneray

Louis XIII (1601-1643) and Cardinal Richelieu at the seat of La Rochelle
XEE4146843 Louis XIII (1601-1643) and Cardinal Richelieu at the seat of La Rochelle, place d armes des Protestants in October 1628 - Cardinal de Richelieu and Louis XIII (1602-43)

Forcats in march at the bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century
XEE4143422 Forcats in march at the bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895)

The hospital of the Bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century
XEE4143419 The hospital of the Bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895)

The bagne of Rochefort in the 19th century. Engraving in "
XEE4143412 The bagne of Rochefort in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895)

Religious wars: the Huguenots seized the castle of Dampierre in 1567
XEE4143050 Religious wars: the Huguenots seized the castle of Dampierre in 1567. Chromolithography of the late 19th century by French School

St-Jean-d Angely besieged, 1569
LSE4076696 St-Jean-d Angely besieged, 1569. by French School, (16th century); Bibliotheque de la Societe de l Histoire du Protestantisme Francais, Paris

View of the facade of the cathedrale Saint Louis, 1742-1784 (photography)
LRI4655087 View of the facade of the cathedrale Saint Louis, 1742-1784 (photography) by French School, (18th century); La Rochelle

Merchant d oyitres des environs de La Rochelle (Charente Maritime) - in "
LSE4081994 Merchant d oyitres des environs de La Rochelle (Charente Maritime) - in " Encyclopedie des voyages" by J. Grasset St Sauveur, Deron, Paris, 1796 by Labrousse, L.F

The seat of the Rochelle by Louis XIII (1601-1643) October 8
JLJ4624872 The seat of the Rochelle by Louis XIII (1601-1643) October 8, 1628 Painting by Claude Gellee called the Lorrain (1600-1682). Dim. 0, 28x0, 42 m

History of France: the seat of La Rochelle in 1627-1628
JLJ4620451 History of France: the seat of La Rochelle in 1627-1628. Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis, 1585-1642)

Ile de Re, St Martin (St-Martin, Saint-Martin): forced departure for Guiana
PCT4716421 Ile de Re, St Martin (St-Martin, Saint-Martin): forced departure for Guiana, exit from the bagne - postcard LC beginning 20th century - prison facility for hard work, prison

View of the north apse, 1120-1140
LRI4722293 View of the north apse, 1120-1140 by Romanesque, (12th century); Church of St. Pierre, Aulnay, France; (add.info.: Romanesque art: view of the north apse)

Christ in glory between st Paul and St Peter, false portal (sculpture, 1120-1140)
LRI4722170 Christ in glory between st Paul and St Peter, false portal (sculpture, 1120-1140) by Romanesque, (12th century); Church of St

Clothing and irons received by a force arriving at the bagne de Rochefort in the 19th
XEE4143485 Clothing and irons received by a force arriving at the bagne de Rochefort in the 19th century (from the original drawing of Clemans, forcat du bagne in 1840)

A wedding at the Rochefort bagne in the 19th century. Engraving in "
XEE4143473 A wedding at the Rochefort bagne in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation A nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895)

the Oath of Jean Guiton (1585 -1654) lent to the Hotel de Ville on May 2
XEE4158060 the Oath of Jean Guiton (1585 -1654) lent to the Hotel de Ville on May 2, 1628 at the Siege de La Rochelle. When he agreed to become mayor

History of France: Episode of the Siege de la Rochelle (1624-1628)
JLJ4620288 History of France: Episode of the Siege de la Rochelle (1624-1628). Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis)

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Discover the rich history and cultural heritage of Charente-Maritime 17. From the dramatic Siege of La Rochelle in 1627-1628, depicted in an intriguing illustration from 1896, to the haunting tale of the Four Sergeants accused of treason and guillotined in 1822, this region is steeped in captivating stories. Immerse yourself in the dark past of Rochefort's Bagne prison during the 19th century, where prisoners endured unimaginable torment as they were chained together. Witness their struggles through an engraving found in 'Histoire des bagnes depuis leur création à nos jours'. The Four Sergeants make another appearance, revealing their crime as belonging to Charbonnerie (Carboneria) during the Restoration period. Their tragic fate serves as a reminder of political upheaval and its consequences. Marvel at a carved capital depicting Cain killing Abel, showcasing intricate craftsmanship that tells biblical tales within architectural wonders. Admire Eugene Fromentin's statue, created by sculptor Ernest Dubois and inaugurated in 1905 on Place des petits benches Rochelais. Step back into time with lithographs capturing traditional costumes worn by peasants from Saint-Maurice integrated into La Rochelle today. These images provide glimpses into historical fashion trends preserved at Paris' Bibliothèque des Arts Décoratifs. Explore further to uncover more about La Charente Inferieure (now known as Charente-Maritime or Charente Maritime), situated within Poitou-Charentes - France and its Colonies. Discover Carpentier engravings depicting regional peasant costumes that showcase local traditions. Lastly, witness Arnold Frans Rubens' painting portraying The Siege of La Rochelle on October 1628. This Flemish baroque masterpiece captures both the intensity and significance of this historical event. Visit State Art Museum Tula (or Tolan) to experience this captivating artwork.