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Arlète, a Peasant Girl of Falaise in Normandy, First Discovered by Duke Robert le Diable

Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries

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The painting illustrates the scene when the Duke Robert of Normandy, returning from a hunt in the forest, discovered Arlete. If the meeting had failed to take place, the Battle of Hastings would never have been fought and their son, William the Conqueror, would therefore never have reigned over England.

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

Leicester

Title

Arlète, a Peasant Girl of Falaise in Normandy, First Discovered by Duke Robert le Diable

Date

1848

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 115.5 x W 153 cm

Accession number

L.F11.1891.0.0

Acquisition method

purchased at Christie's, 1891

Work type

Painting

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