Joan of Arc Triptych
Joan of Arc Triptych c1843 by Hermann Stilke (1803 – 1860); a Religious and Historic Painter
This pieces joins together all three of the pieces that Hermann Stilke created into one large format; taking the viewer from the Appearance of Saint Catherine and Saint Michael to Joan of Arc when she is in the forest; to Joan of Arc in Battle against the British Forces as she is on horseback leading the troops, and finally to Joan of Arc’s Death at the Stake with the pope and high officials of both the British and the French watching her burn; all in vibrant compelling color.
This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image.
Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org
Anton Hermann Stilke was born in Berlin the Kingdom of Prussia on January 29, 1803 he was a German Painter studying at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts and then in 1821 studying at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under German Master Professor Peter von Cornelius (1783 – 1867).
From there he went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf; where he painted along with German Painter Karl Stürmer (1803 – 1881) the unfinished fresco The Last Judgment in the Assisensaal in Koblenz.
In 1827 Anton traveled through Northern Italy on a study trip, arriving in Rome in 1828. Then in 1833 he returned to the Düsseldorf Academy, where he taught from 1839 – 1843.
From 1842 – 1846 Anton worked in the Knight’s Hall at Stolzenfels Castle near Koblenze on the banks of the Rhine River; and in 1850 he settled in Berlin where he died at the age of 57 on September 22, 1860.