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Sketch for the Battle of Poitiers 1830

by Eugène Delacroix

Delacroix often preferred to depict subjects from France's medieval past rather than from Greek or Roman antiquity. At the Battle of Poitiers (1356), a decisive episode in the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453), John II of France was captured by the English forces led by Edward, prince of Wales, known as the Black Prince. This preparatory sketch is for King John at the Battle ...

Size:: H: 20 1/2 x W: 25 1/2 in. (52 x 64.8 cm)
Medium:: oil on canvas
Credit:: Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum
More:: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/4738/sketch-for-the-battle-of-poitiers/

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