The Combat of the Thirty

The Combat of the Thirty (French: Le Combat des Trente) is an 1857 history painting by the French artist Octave Penguilly L'Haridon. It depicts the Combat of the Thirty fought on 26 March 1351 during the War of the Breton Succession.Chanoir p.219Delouche & Michaud p.123 A notable scene in the History of Brittany, it featured a pre-arranged fight between selected fighters on either side.

The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1857 in Paris.https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE006485 Today it is on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.https://collections.mbaq.fr/fr/notice/2013-0-33-le-combat-des-trente-343b4514-f814-46a7-862a-42c6d04cf373

References

Bibliography Chanoir, Isabelle. La muse bretonne: collections du Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes de 1850 à 1950. Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes, 2000. Delouche, Denise & Michaud, Jean-Marc. Bretagne: terre des peintres. Cloître, 2003.