Saturday, December 21, 2013

Death of the Prince de Talmont (1823)

Fleury-François Richard: Death of the Prince de Talmont

The painting depicts the death of Charles de la Trémoille, Prince of Talmont and Mortagne after the battle of Marignano in 1515. The scene is a fictional account of the event, the setting being the Saint Martin d’Ainay, the oldest surviving church in Lyons.

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