5304890 Allegorical figure representing Justice during the period of the Directoire, France 1795-99, 1797 by French School, (18th century); (add.info.: Allegorical figure representing Justice during the period of the Directoire, France 1795. the (Directoire), Directory, or Directorate, a five-member committee which governed France from 1795, when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety. On 9 November 1799, it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the French Consulate. It gave its name to the final four years of the French Revolution.); Universal History Archive/UIG.