Joan Of Arc, 1879
by Jules Bastien-lepage
Title
Joan Of Arc, 1879
Artist
Jules Bastien-lepage
Medium
Painting - Painting
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The medieval teenage martyr from Lorraine gained new status as a patriotic symbol when France ceded the territory to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). Bastien-Lepage, a native of Lorraine, shows Saints Michael, Margaret, and Catherine appearing to the peasant girl in her parents’ garden, rousing her to fight the English invaders in the Hundred Years War.
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January 23rd, 2023
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