Art & Image
The only known contemporary portrait of Jeanne d'Arc. May 10. 1429 A pen and ink sketch by Clément de Fauquembergue, the secretary of the Palement of Paris. Drawn on the day that news arrived in Paris of the French victory at Orléans. The artist had never seen Jeanne d'Arc.

Jeanne d'Arc - Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
This fascinating plain, small line drawing shows her as a small determined woman carrying her army’s sacred banner in one hand and a sword in the other. The drawing was made in the margin of the Orleans city record manuscripts on the day she got the English armies away from the city and freed the countryside around Orleans.
Jeanne d'Arc - Joan of Arc (1412-1431) Miniature 15th century
Another one of the first or early known portraits of Jeanne d’Arc with standard.
This famous illustration of Jeanne is often used in designs and layout of Book Covers.

Miniature on parchment from the 15th century. Archives nationales, Paris.

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Just as the 20th century has seen many different portrayals of Jeanne in film, earlier centuries envisioned Jeanne d'Arc in many different portrayals in art. One of the first or early known art of Jeanne d'arc is probably the books of hours, Les Vigiles de Charles VII by Martial d'Auvergne. The book were composed from 1477 to 1483, held by Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. It is a long poem relating the dramatic events of the Hundred years War of and idealizing the diplomatic successes and military officers in the Guyenne and Normandie.

The manuscript was maybe conceived for the education of the young king, then placed under the guardianship of his on Anne of Beaujeu. The poem idealizes the heroism of Jeanne d'Arc.

Jeanne d'Arc - Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
 Jeanne d'Arc - Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
Jeanne being tied up, folio 71.
The assault on Paris. Folio 66v.
More miniatures from the Vigiles du roi Charles VII


La Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
Some of the finest illustrations displaying Jeanne d'Arc. Written and illustrated by Boutet de Monvel. Delicate and precise line drawing and flat colourings of great subtlety.

Contemporary list of Paintings
Date Artist Title Location Notes
May 10, 1429 Clément de Fauquembergue untitled Doodle in the margin of the register of the Parlement of Paris.
c. 1450 Martin Lefranc Le Champion des Dames Miniature portrait in an illustrated manuscript in an anachronistic Biblical setting, with long hair, wearing armor and a long robe.
c. 1460 Jean Chartier Chronique de Charles VII Miniature portrait in an illustrated manuscript, similar portrayal to Le Champion des Dames.
1484 Vigiles du Roi Charles VII Miniature portrait in an illuminated manuscript, similar portrayal to Le Champion des Dames.
late fifteenth century untitled Hermitage of Notre-Dame de Bermont, France Fresco of two young women: one a peasant girl at prayer, the other dressed in male attire: possible depictions of Jeanne d'Arc rediscovered underneath a later work. Jeanne was known to pray often at the site.
1557 Portrait of the Town Council of Orléans Jeanne d'Arc wears a robe with slashed sleeves and a plume (symbolic of victory in war) and holds a sword. This became a model for many later portraits.
1620 Peter Paul Rubens Jeanne d'Arc at Prayer North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
1824 Paul Delaroche Jeanne d'Arc interrogated in prison by the cardinal of Winchester Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen oil on canvas 277 x 217 cm
1833 Louvre, Paris Jeanne d'Arc, in the presence of Charles VII, answers questions from churchmen about her visions and revelations Gillot Saint-Èvre 170 x 140 cm
1854 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Jeanne at the coronation of Charles VII
1865 John Everett Millais Jeanne d'Arc at Prayer Private collection
1879 Jules Bastien-Lepage Jeanne d'Arc Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York oil on canvas 100" x 110"
1886 Grandin, based on a work by Momet Jeanne in adoration before the Virgin Mehun-sur-Yèvre
1880 – 1890 Eugène Carrière Jeanne d'Arc hears her voices Musée d'Orsay, Paris
1886 – 1890 Jules-Eugène Lenepveu Jeanne d'Arc, shepherdess Panthéon, Paris
1886 – 1890 Jules-Eugène Lenepveu Jeanne d'Arc in armor before Orléans Panthéon, Paris
1886 – 1890 Jules-Eugène Lenepveu Jeanne d'Arc in Rheims at the time of king Charles VII's coronation Panthéon, Paris
1886 – 1890 Jules-Eugène Lenepveu Jeanne at the stake Panthéon, Paris
c. 1870 Jean-Jacques Scherrer Jeanne d'Arc arriving at Orléans Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Rouen
? Jean-Jacques Scherrer The departure of Jeanne d'Arc Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Vaucouleurs oil on canvas 430 x 320 cm
? Jeanne d'Arc at Vaucouleurs C. R. Walter Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Chinon