The Battle of Taillebourg, 21 July 1242
1837 painting by Eugène Delacroix
The Battle of Taillebourg, 21 July 1242 is an 1837 painting of the Battle of Taillebourg by Eugène Delacroix,[1][2] one of 33 huge works commissioned from different artists by Louis-Philippe I for his Gallery of Battles at the Palace of Versailles, inaugurated in 1837.[3] It still hangs there, between Horace Vernet's The Battle of Bouvines, 27 July 1214 and Charles-Philippe Larivière's The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle, 18 August 1304. It is Delacroix's only work in the Gallery.[4][5]
References
- ^ Base Joconde: Reference no. 000PE005883, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
- ^ "La bataille de Taillebourg, 21 juillet 1242" (PDF).
- ^ "Inauguration des galeries historiques". 6 September 2016.
- ^ Base Joconde: Sketch for the work in the Louvre, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
- ^ "Musee d'Orsay article".
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- Paul Huet
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- Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
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