Joseph Justus Scaliger was a Franco-Italian Calvinist religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history. He spent the last sixteen years of his life in the Netherlands.
Scaliger by Jan Cornelisz. van 't Woudt (1608)
Josephus Justus Scaliger, painted by Paulus Merula, 3rd librarian of Leiden University, 1597.
Scaliger, in a print by Gérard Edelinck (late 18th century)
Scaliger's home in Leiden, now Breestraat 113.
The commune of Agen is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne 135 kilometres southeast of Bordeaux.
View of Agen from heights
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers and Count of Toulouse, recognized the autonomy of the commune of Agen. In this illustration he takes an oath before the consuls with his right hand on the town ordinances, while sitting on a pedestal. The consul administering the oath is forced to go on his knees, symbolizing Alphonse's lordship and the town's loyalty.
Museum of Fine Arts seen from the Place du Dr Esquirol.
View of Agen, 1874-1876.
