Two Fighting Knights, Known as ‘Mort de Monseigneur le Duc de Clarence’

Medieval knights fired the imagination of 19th-century Europeans. This figure group represents the Battle of Baugé (1421) from the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. There is a detailed description of the battle on the base. The group was made by Alfred de Nieuwerkerke, a French-Dutch sculptor and later an important French cultural minister.

Two Fighting Knights, Known as ‘Mort de Monseigneur le Duc de Clarence’

Medieval knights fired the imagination of 19th-century Europeans. This figure group represents the Battle of Baugé (1421) from the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. There is a detailed description of the battle on the base. The group was made by Alfred de Nieuwerkerke, a French-Dutch sculptor and later an important French cultural minister.