Scene from the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, 24 August 1572, Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard

Scene from the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, 24 August 1572

Scène du massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy (24 août 1572) (museum title)

Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (French) (1780-1850)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1836
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 179 × 133 cm
Collection: Louvre Museum, France
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Sammyday, Wikimedia Commons, public domain

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