Painting reproduction hand painted
Martyrdom of the Amalricians (Fouquet)

The “Martyrdom of the Amalricians” is a striking historical illumination painted by Jean Fouquet, illustrating a dark and dramatic episode from the Grandes Chroniques de France. The scene depicts with terrifying intensity the condemnation to the stake of the disciples of Amalric of Bena for heresy, ordered by King Philip Augustus. In the foreground, the burning flames devour the condemned dressed in white, creating a dazzling visual contrast with the blood red of the fire and the peaceful green of the meadow. On the left, the sovereign implacably witnesses the execution from his horse draped in a sumptuous blue caparison adorned with fleur-de-lis. In the background, the famous sinister silhouette of the Montfaucon gibbet and the slender roofs of Paris rise under an azure sky. Fouquet achieves the feat of linking the cruelty of the event to the formal beauty of his pictorial execution. This masterful reproduction will fascinate history lovers.