Voltaire
Voltaire
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| Alternative names | François-Marie Arouet | ||
| Description | French philosopher, poet, historian, essayist, playwright and autobiographer | ||
| Date of birth/death |
21 November 1694  |
30 May 1778 | |
| Location of birth/death | Paris | Paris | |
| Work period | 18th century | ||
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Portraits of Voltaire[edit]
Portrait of Voltaire, c. 1725
c. 1736
Daniel Chodowiecki: Voltaire am Schreibtisch, 1778
Portrait of Voltaire
Portrait of Voltaire
Portrait of Voltaire
Voltaire at his desk. Engraving by Baquoy
Adolph von Menzel: Tafelrunde König Friedrich II. Voltaire is on the left.
Portrait of Voltaire in Élémens de la philosophie de Neuton, 1738
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Statues of Voltaire[edit]
Voltaire naked, by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1776, Louvre.
Voltaire naked, by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1776, Louvre.
Voltaire naked, by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1776, Louvre.
Buste de Voltaire avec perruque, Bust of Voltaire with wig, 1778, marbre, marble, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Jean Antoine Houdon (1741 - 1828)
Voltaire statue in the Pantheon de Paris
Statue in the Hôtel de Ville of Paris
Statue de Voltaire
Statue et tombe de Voltaire, Panthéon
Manuscript texts[edit]
Voltaire handwriting, regarding the case Jean Calas. The phrase écrasez l'infâme at the bottom.
Books[edit]
Candide
Title page of Voltaires Lettres sur les Anglois (Letters about the English), printed in 1735.
Voltaire's Lettres sur les Anglois. The beginning of chapter 10, Lettre sur la Commerce. Printed in 1735.
Frontispiece to Voltaire's interpretation of Isaac Newton's work, Elémens de la philosophie de Newton (1738)
Mahomet
Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations
Candide
Audiobooks[edit]
FR - Voltaire - Lettre à Rousseau.ogg
Other[edit]
Voltaire's home in Fernay, by Michel-Vincent Brangua
