The Battle of Bouvines (French: Bataille de Bouvines, 27 juillet 1214) is an 1827 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.[1] [2] [3] It depicts Philip II of France shortly before the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. A victory for Philip, the subsequent Truce of Chinon ended the Anglo-French War.
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| Artist | Horace Vernet |
| Year | 1827 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 510 cm × 958 cm (200 in × 377 in) |
| Location | Palace of Versailles, Versailles |
It was commissioned by Charles X and was exhibited at the Salon of 1827. It was one of several history paintings he submitted that year.[4] It was later included in the Galerie des Batailles in the Palace of Versailles.[5]
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edit- Boime, Albert. A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 3: Art in Age of Counterrevolution. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. Dartmouth College Press, 2017.
- Hosler, John D. Seven Myths of Military History. Hackett Publishing, 2022.
- Ruutz-Rees, Janet Emily. Horace Vernet. Scribner and Welford, 1880.
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