The Siege of Orléans Anonymous illuminator (Vigiles de Charles VII), 1484 Illuminated manuscript

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The Siege of Orléans

Anonymous illuminator (Vigiles de Charles VII) · 1484

Why it's great

A walled city is attacked with cannons and ladders in this illuminated manuscript showing the siege of Orléans in 1428–1429, the turning point of the Hundred Years' War. It was painted around 1484 in a chronicle of King Charles VII.

🏛️ Part of history

The Hundred Years' War & Joan of Arc (1337–1453) — A walled city is attacked with cannons and ladders in this illuminated manuscript showing the siege of Orléans in 1428–1429, the turning point of the Hundred Years' War.

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About the artist

Anonymous illuminator (Vigiles de Charles VII)

Unknown or anonymous artist

This miniature was painted by an unknown artist who illustrated the Vigiles du roi Charles VII, a French poem by Martial d'Auvergne about the reign of King Charles VII, in about 1484.