Joseph-Siffred Duplessis was a French painter known for the clarity and immediacy of his portraits.
Duplessis' Benjamin Franklin on the U.S. hundred dollar bill
Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain, 1774
Louis XVI of France, 1775
Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Town hall
The Carpentras Stela, found in the town in 1704, was the first Northwest Semitic (i.e. Canaanite or Aramaic) inscription published anywhere in modern times.
Hôtel-Dieu in Carpentras.
Truffle market in Carpentras