Joan of Arc wounded on the walls of Orléans - Auguste Vinchon

At the Salon of 1824, Vinchon exhibited two large-format works: La Mort de Comala and Jeanne d'Arc blessée sur les murs d'Orléans, n°1735. The latter painting, measuring 3.36x2.80 m, was purchased by the State for the Musée d'Orléans, which was inaugurated the following year, in 1825. In the 1828 museum guide, we read the following description:

"Joan of Arc wounded by an arrow through the shoulder, but revived by prayer, is still too weak to have regained all her armor; nevertheless she attacks the English-occupied Tournelles fort, reaches the top and takes it; the enemy flees before her banner and lifts the siege of Orleans."

The notice was clarified in 1876:

"Wearing a black velvet cap adorned with white feathers, Jeanne is dressed in a red skirt with gold tapering. In her left hand, she holds a fleurdelisé standard bearing the word "Jhesus". On the right, a soldier has been killed by an arrow ;"

The work was destroyed during the fire at the Hôtel de Ville, caused by a bombing raid at the start of the Second World War. Only this sketch remains.