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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This painting probably represents an episode from the life of Joanna of Flanders, Duchess of Brittany, who played a significant role during the Hundred Years War. The evocation of the bravery of a Flemish woman leading her husband's troops against the Spaniards must have provided an historical model of heroism resonant with the situation of the Southern Netherlands in the early seventeenth century. David Vinckboons produced various series of images of the disastrous effects of the Spanish occupation on the life of Flemish peasants before the Twelve Year Truce. This picture corresponds to that stage in Vinckboons's career. | Subjects: | history (Joanna of Flanders Hundred Years War) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Vinckboons, David (Flemish painter, 1576-ca. 1632) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9030... | Go to resource |
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