Death of Gaston de Foix in the Battle of Ravenna on 11 April 1512

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Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours (1489-1512), also known as The Thunderbolt of Italy, was a French military commander noted mostly for his brilliant six-month campaign from 1511 to 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai. In the decisive Battle of Ravenna on 11 April 1512 Gaston led a cavalry charge against a recalcitrant Spanish infantry unit. He was shot and killed, but the Spanish lost nearly their entire army in the battle.

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Death of Gaston de Foix in the Battle of Ravenna on 11 April 1512

About the Artist

Ary Scheffer

1795 – 1858

Dutch painter, engraver, and book illustrator, active for almost all his career in Paris. His work was immensely popular in his lifetime, but is now generally considered sentimental. Early in his career he favoured literary themes (Francesca da Rimini, Wallace Collection, London 1835, and other versions ), but later he turned to mawkishly treated religious subjects (SS. Augustine and Monica, National Gallery, London, 1854, and other versions). He also painted many portraits. His work is well represented in the museum at Dordrecht, his native town.

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