The Battle of Poitiers is an 1830 history painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.
[1] It depicts the Battle of Poitiers fought on 19 September 1356 during the Hundred Years War.
The battle was decisive victory for the English forces led by Edward the Black Prince against the French Army commanded by John II of France who was captured in the fighting.
Following the July Revolution the Duchess was forced into exile and Delacroix had to take legal measures to recover the painting.
[3] It featured in a retrospective of Delacroix's work during the Salon of 1855 at the Exposition Universelle.