The Battle of Taillebourg, 21 July 1242
1837 painting by Eugène Delacroix
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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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