Queen Philippa Interceding for the Lives of the Burghers of Calais
Date:
1788
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39½ x 52¼ in.
100.3 x 132.7 cm
100.3 x 132.7 cm
Credit Line:
Gift of James E. Scripps
Object number:
89.73
At right center, a female figure in a long white gown, wearing a crown, and a man in armor gesture toward a group of men with their hands bound behind their backs at left. Helmeted soldiers on either side. Seascape in background seen through heavy drapery which has been pulled back. Red, brown and blues.
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