Sujet
The St Bartholomew's Day massacre (Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy) in 1572. In the religious war between the royalist Catholics and the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants. Over a period of several weeks the mob violence left betweem 50000 and 30,000 protestants dead. In this painting Catherine de Medici, widow of King Henri II, who was blamed for stirring the trouble, is seen looking with satisfaction at the bodies of the dead.
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Photographe : CBW
Date
18 déc. 2009
Crédit
Photo12/Alamy/CBW
Notre référence
LMY22T03_2HJW0F3
Utilisation
uniquement en France
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
13,9Mo (607,0Ko) / 21,0cm x 16,6cm / 2475 x 1963 (300dpi)