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== Jeanne D'Arc (1895) by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel == | == Jeanne D'Arc (1895) by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel == | ||
In 1896, Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel illustrated a children's book of the life of Joan of Arc. | In 1896, Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel illustrated a children's book of the life of Joan of Arc. Through the early 1900s, he expanded several of the images into full paintings, a collection of which are held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, per here: | ||
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File:La vision et l'inspiration de Louis-Maurice Boutet de Montvel.jpg | File:La vision et l'inspiration de Louis-Maurice Boutet de Montvel.jpg|''La Vision'' (Vision of the Archangel St. Michael) | ||
File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Her Appeal to the Dauphin (Joan of Arc series - II), 1906, NGA 178348.jpg | File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Her Appeal to the Dauphin (Joan of Arc series - II), 1906, NGA 178348.jpg|Appeal to the Dauphin (the Dauphin had someone else sit on the throne and hid amidst the Court; Joan identified him immediately) | ||
File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, The Maid in Armor on Horseback (Joan of Arc series - III), c. 1908-late 1909, NGA 195105.jpg | File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, The Maid in Armor on Horseback (Joan of Arc series - III), c. 1908-late 1909, NGA 195105.jpg|The Maid in Armor on Horseback (now Commander of the French Armies, Joan marches the army to free Orleans from the English siege) | ||
File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, The Turmoil of Conflict (Joan of Arc series - IV), c. late 1909-early 1913, NGA 176974.jpg | File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, The Turmoil of Conflict (Joan of Arc series - IV), c. late 1909-early 1913, NGA 176974.jpg|The Turmoil of Conflict (the Battle of Orleans, which is nearly lost after Joan is hit in the shoulder and neck by a bolt, but she returns to the field and leads the French to victory) | ||
File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, The Crowning at Rheims of the Dauphin (Joan of Arc series - V), 1907, NGA 177912.jpg | File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, The Crowning at Rheims of the Dauphin (Joan of Arc series - V), 1907, NGA 177912.jpg|''The Crowning at Rheims of the Dauphin'' (Joan's mission was to have the Dauphin properly crowned King by French custom and in the form of Charlemagne; the leadership thought it was unnecessary, but Joan understood that the people of France needed the ceremony) | ||
File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, The Trial of Joan of Arc (Joan of Arc series - VI), c. late 1909-early 1910, NGA 195567.jpg | File:Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, The Trial of Joan of Arc (Joan of Arc series - VI), c. late 1909-early 1910, NGA 195567.jpg|''The Trial of Joan of Arc'' (The King and his councilors betray Joan, leaving her to fight with a small army; she is captured by the French ally of the English. The French King refuses to pay a ransom for her, and she is tried in an illegitimate ecclesiastic court) | ||
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