Bouguereau Evening Mood painting

Bouguereau Evening Mood painting
Bouguereau The Wave painting
Cabanel The Birth of Venus painting
Knight A Bend in the River painting
Well,” thought Gringoire, “here we have at least enough to listen to the end of my Mystery. They are few, but select —a lettered audience.”
A moment afterward it was discovered that a band of music, which should have been immensely effective at the entry of the Blessed Virgin, was missing. Gringoire found that his musicians had been pressed into the service of the Pope of Fools. “Go on without it,” he said stoically.
Approaching a group of townsfolk who appeared to be discussing his play, he caught the following scraps of conversation:
“Maître Cheneteau, you know the Hôtel de Navarre, which used to belong to M. de Nemours?”
“Opposite the Chapelle de Braque—yes.”
“Well, the fiscal authorities have just let it to Guillaume Alisandre, the historical painter, for six livres eight sols parisis a year.”
“How rents are rising!”