Rouen Gallery

The Archbishop of Rouen in negotiation with Rollo the Viking to protect the city

695071 The Archbishop of Rouen in negotiation with Rollo the Viking to protect the city from attack by other Vikings (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rollo Rognvaldsson (c.846-931) Norse Viking chieftain and 1st Duke of Normandy; also known as Rollon or Hrolf the Ganger; the identity of the archbishop involved is uncertain; some sources indicate Witton, Archbishop of Rouen (892-910), others state his successor, Archbishop Franco (911-9190 and there is a 14th century miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de Saint Denis in the BibliothA¨que de Toulouse which gives a name of Gui; illustration from La Normandie Historique, Pittoresque et Monumentale by Jules Janin, published by E. Bourdin in 1843;); French, out of copyright

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Rouen, a Street by the Church; Rouen, rue avec L'Eglise, c.1920 (oil on canvas)

825356 Rouen, a Street by the Church; Rouen, rue avec L'Eglise, c.1920 (oil on canvas) by Loiseau, Gustave (1865-1935); 81.3x64.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rouen, a Street by the Church; Rouen, rue avec L'Eglise. Gustave Loiseau (1865-1935). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1920. 81.3 x 64.7cm.); Photo A© Christie's Images; French, out of copyright

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The Shepherd's Song, 1891 (oil on canvas)

3493094 The Shepherd's Song, 1891 (oil on canvas) by Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-98); 104.5x109.9 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: In his copy of a section of the Rouen mural, the pipe-playing shepherd and the draped female figures represent the origin of the arts in antiquity. ); French, out of copyright

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