EditorialAngelo Soliman " the black prince" (1721? -1796), was a freemason and wellknown personality in 18th century Vienna. He married an Austrian Baroness and prospered; Nevertheless, after his death his body was dissected and stuffed for Emperor Fr...
EditorialReception at a Freemasons' lodge in Vienna (ca. 1784). In the foreground Count Eszterhazy, on the bench on the right side probably Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart became a Freemason in 1784. Canvas by Andreas Unterberger (? ).
EditorialJoseph von Sonnenfels (1732-1817), professor of political science at the University of Vienna, freemason; convinced Empress Maria Theresia to abolish torture. Engraving after the portrait by Lampi, around 1800.
EditorialClaude Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771) philosopher, friend of Voltaire, co-author of the Encyclopedie; freemason, master of the lodge to the Nine Sisters in Paris. Marble, 1772 R. F. 1541.
EditorialJohn Coustos, Swiss lapidary tortured by the Inquisition or Auto Da Fe in Portugal for being a Freemason. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.
EditorialPlate with symbols of Freemasonry, Porcelain plate, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, yellow, black and gold. On the shelf a crowned weapon on an altar filled with freemason symbols, above the weapon four shining stars, in the foreground a skull...
EditorialReception at a Freemasons' lodge in Vienna (ca. 1784). In the foreground Count Eszterhazy, on the bench on the right side probably Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart became a Freemason in 1784. Canvas by Andreas Unterberger (? ).
EditorialJean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, French astronomer, mathematician, freemason and revolutionary, 1736-1793. In costume of depute aux Etats-generaux, 1789. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de l...
EditorialPlate with symbols of Freemasonry, Porcelain plate, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, yellow, black and gold. On the shelf a crowned weapon on an altar filled with freemason symbols, above the weapon four shining stars, in the foreground a skull...
EditorialPortrait of Gerardus Wouter Verweij Mejan, The person portrayed is wearing a freemason suit with a hanger with the compass and a square. He also wears glasses and a knighthood on his chest. Under the portrait are signature, historical persons ((full) b...
EditorialJohn Coustos, Swiss lapidary tortured by the Inquisition or Auto Da Fe in Portugal for being a Freemason. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.
EditorialPortrait of Jean Sylvain Bailly, 1736 - 1793, a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution, Gerrit Kons?, Boizot, 1792 - 1808.
EditorialMignon, heroine of Goethe's novel " Wilhelm Meister". Freemason Goethe made his protagonist rise in the novel's secret society just as an apprentice-mason rises to the degree of master (" Meister") in Masonry. Canvas, 110 x 92 cm.
EditorialClaude Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771) philosopher, friend of Voltaire, co-author of the Encyclopedie; freemason, master of the lodge to the Nine Sisters in Paris. Marble, 1772 R. F. 1541.
EditorialAngelo Soliman " the black prince" (1721? -1796), was a freemason and wellknown personality in 18th century Vienna. He married an Austrian Baroness and prospered; Nevertheless, after his death his body was dissected and stuffed for Emperor Fr...
EditorialSalt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new and larger buildings were put up in Senans, built in an innovative neo-classical style. Workshops and exemplary workers' housing form a fan-like ensemble. Claude-Nic...
EditorialJoseph von Sonnenfels (1732-1817), professor of political science at the University of Vienna, freemason; convinced Empress Maria Theresia to abolish torture. Engraving after the portrait by Lampi, around 1800.
EditorialReception at a Freemasons' lodge in Vienna (ca. 1784). In the foreground Count Eszterhazy, on the bench on the right side probably Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart became a Freemason in 1784. Canvas by Andreas Unterberger (? ).
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