The Battle of Tolbiac, 496

Why it's great

Clovis, king of the Franks, vows to become a Christian if he wins at Tolbiac against the Alemanni, and then he does. Ary Scheffer painted this founding moment of France in 1836.

🏛️ Part of history

Charlemagne & the Early Middle Ages (768–814) — Clovis, king of the Franks, vows to become a Christian if he wins at Tolbiac against the Alemanni, and then he does.

Where to see it

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About the artist

Ary Scheffer

1795–1858 · born in Dordrecht · died in Argenteuil

Ary Scheffer was a French painter born in Dordrecht in the Netherlands in 1795. He moved to Paris as a young man and became a popular Romantic painter of literary and religious scenes, also teaching drawing to the royal family. He died in Argenteuil in 1858.