Costumes of the Council of Five Hundred Still Image

Hand-colored engraving depicting robed members of the Council of Five Hundred seated in rows within a columned hall, as a presiding officer in classical dress gestures from an elevated rostrum.

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Title

Costumes of the Council of Five Hundred

Description

In this bicameral legislature, the smaller of the two councils (the Elders with 250 members) had to pass all the legislation, while the Five Hundred could initiate legislation. The revolutionaries decided on the division of authority. The directors functioned as the executive branch, in order to make less possible the consolidation of power, as in the Terror.

Creator

Jaques St. Sauveur
Labrousse (sculptor)

Source

Museé de la Révolution Française, Vizille

Date

1795

Rights

All Rights Reserved

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/56/|Images de la Révolution française : catalogue du vidéodisque, 1990, 31918-31919

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

56

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Engraving

Physical Dimensions

16 x 10 cm

Title (French)

Conseil des Cinq Cents

Citation

Jaques St. Sauveur and Labrousse (sculptor), “Costumes of the Council of Five Hundred,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/56.