The Battle of Poitiers, 732

Why it's great

In 732 the Frankish leader Charles Martel stopped a Muslim army from advancing farther into France at the Battle of Tours and Poitiers, and his grandson was Charlemagne. Charles de Steuben painted this clash in 1837.

🏛️ Part of history

Charlemagne & the Early Middle Ages (768–814) — In 732 the Frankish leader Charles Martel stopped a Muslim army from advancing farther into France at the Battle of Tours and Poitiers, and his grandson was Charlemagne.

Where to see it

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About the artist

Charles de Steuben

1788–1856 · born in Bauerbach · died in former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Charles de Steuben was a German-born French painter born in Bauerbach in 1788. He moved to Paris as a child and became a leading painter of dramatic history pictures, including many for the palace of Versailles. He died in Paris in 1856.