The Victory of Charlemagne over the Avars near Regensburg is a painting by German artist Albrecht Altdorfer, executed in 1518.

[1][2] The painting represents the triumph of Charlemagne in a battle over the Avars in the vicinity of Regensburg, which, according to the legend, lasted for three days and two nights.

It depicts Charlemagne as an idealized Christian leader, fighting the pagans, and supported by an avenging angel, seen at the top of the painting.

According to the legend that inspired the painting, the angel came for the help of Charlemagne, after hearing his prayers and those from his clergy, and revealed to him all the countries that he was meant to convert to Christianity.

Altdorfer depicts a view of what the massive carnage of a 16th-century battle might have looked like, with typical warfare of the time.