Enkhuizen

James McBey

1910

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This painting captures a dramatic moment in a battle that took place in the town of Pavia in northern Italy where in 1525 the forces of the Hapsburg ruler Charles V, carrying pikes in the foreground, defeated the invading army of the French king, Francis I. Depicted from an aerial perspective, soldiers clash among the walls and building of the town. Flags wave, cannons smoke, and horses rear.
A bust view of a woman wearing a pink as headdress which falls down over her shoulder. The scarf is decorated with three white pearls at the top. Her gaze is cast slightly downward.
Seven figures are gathered around a table in a small, vaulted room that is open in the back with a vista onto a cityscape. A woman, Mary, sits in the middle behind the table. A man in a red robe is sitting in the left foreground. Jesus is in the lower left with his proper right hand gesturing towards multiple jugs before him with a blessing gesture. The image is colored with yellow, green, red, and brown. The sheet is cut down almost to the edge of the image.
Anvers - Bâteaux, Frans Masereel, woodcut