Jacques Cœur
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Jacques Cœur was a French government official and state-sponsored merchant whose personal fortune became legendary and led to his eventual disgrace. He initiated regular trade routes between France and the Levant. His memory retains iconic status in Bourges, where he built a palatial house that is preserved to this day.
Presumed portrait of Jacques Cœur, at his palace in Bourges
Jacques Cœur's motto, "To the brave hearts nothing is impossible" (à vaillans coeurs riens impossible), in the Bourges palace’s chapel. The word coeurs is displayed ideogrammatically
Old house in Bourges that was formerly thought to be Jacques Cœur's birthplace
Overdoor sculpture of one of Jacques Cœur's galleys, in his palace in Bourges
Antoine-Augustin Préault
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Antoine-Augustin Préault was a French sculptor of the "Romantic" movement. Born in the Marais district of Paris, he was better known during his lifetime as Auguste Préault.
Silence (1842), Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Tomb of Charles-Michel de L'Épée by Antoine-Augustin Préault in the Saint-Roch church in Paris.
"Cavalier gaulois" by Antoine-Augustin Préault. Sculpture on Pont d'Iéna