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Chilperic I Visits Fredegund / Bal des Ardents
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Two scenes on one sheet. Left: The Frankish king Chilperic I visits his mistress Fredegund. She sits at a table combing her hair. In the margin a four-line caption in French. Right: King Charles VI and five other men are dressed as wild men and dancing at a wedding feast. A man with a burning torch sets one of them on fire. The Duchess of Berry throws her cloak over the king and thus saves his life. In the margin a four-line caption in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineChilperik I bezoekt Fredegonde / Bal des Ardents. 1731. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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