5672171 "Bluebeard" (Barbe bleue) by French School, (17th century); (add.info.: Illustration for "Bluebeard" (Barbe bleue), a French folktale, written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passe. The tale tells the story of a wealthy violent man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors.); Universal History Archive/UIG; French, out of copyright.