Battle of Poitiers, France, 732 (1837). Artist: Charles Auguste Guillaume Steuben
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Battle of Poitiers, France, 732 (1837). The battle at which the Frankish king Charles Martel (the Hammer) (c688-741), founder of the Carolingian dynasty and grandfather of Charlemagne, stopped the Islamic advance into Western Europe from Spain. Martel is the figure on the white horse, battle-axe raised, beside the stone cross.
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Creator
- Charles Auguste Guillaume Steuben, attributed to: German: Artist, painter, draftsman, printmaker, lithographer
Subject
- Charles Martel: Frankish: King
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4606x3790
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- 004126
- C203009
- 004126
- 0390003278
- 1-156-519
- 1156519
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