The Battle of Bouvines (painting)

The Battle of Bouvines
Artist	Horace Vernet
Year	1827
Type	Oil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions	510 cm × 958 cm (200 in × 377 in)
Location	Palace of Versailles, Versailles

The Battle of Bouvines (French: Bataille de Bouvines, 27 juillet 1214) is an 1827 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.[1] [2] [3] It depicts Philip II of France shortly before the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. A victory for Philip, the subsequent Truce of Chinon ended the Anglo-French War.

It was commissioned by Charles X and was exhibited at the Salon of 1827. It was one of several history paintings he submitted that year.[4] It was later included in the Galerie des Batailles in the Palace of Versailles.[5]

References

1. Ruutz-Rees p.12
2. Hosler p.72
3. Boime p.298
4. Harkett & Hornstein p.162
5. https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE005882

Bibliography

• Boime, Albert. A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 3: Art in Age of Counterrevolution. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
• Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. Dartmouth College Press, 2017.
• Hosler, John D. Seven Myths of Military History. Hackett Publishing, 2022.
• Ruutz-Rees, Janet Emily. Horace Vernet. Scribner and Welford, 1880.