Cordeliers Collection

English gentleman and bookseller staring at a young beauty
An English gentleman at a booksellers in Avignon, catching his first glimpse of the beauty Clara with her old aunt. First sight of Clara at Avignon

Rambling Sketches, Our Artist in Normandy (engraving)
1626915 Rambling Sketches, Our Artist in Normandy (engraving) by Railton, Herbert (1857-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rambling Sketches, Our Artist in Normandy)

Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). Radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. Jacobin. Portrait by Joseph Boze, 1793. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France

France / Lyon
La Place des Cordeliers, with the Coteau de Fourviere in the distance, across the river Date: circa 1905

Ruins of the fountain the Spauwer Brussels Belgium, 1695, Augustin Coppens, 1695

Club Des Cordeliers
One of several partisan clubs in revolutionary Paris, the Cordeliers influential members include Danton, Desmoulins, Marat and Theroigne de Mericourt

Lyon / Cordeliers Convent
The convent of Cordeliers in Lyon

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Amidst the ruins of the Spauwer Fountain in Brussels, an English gentleman and bookseller ponders the beauty of a young woman in Jean-Paul Marat's "Rambling Sketches: Our Artist in Normandy." Meanwhile, in France, Jacques de Bourbon, Baron de Thuri, a French nobleman turned monk, dons his bourrelet and coat of arms over armor, reflecting on his past as a husband to Jeanne de Montagu and a member of the Cordeliers Convent in Lyon. Once a radical journalist and politician, Marat's words echo in the halls of the Club Des Cordeliers, reminding us of the complexities and contradictions of history.