La Duchesse de Bourgogne arrêtée aux portes de Bruges, Sophie Fremiet, 1841

Inspired by "the history of the duks of burgundy" of prosper de barente, sophie rude shows how duchess isabella of portugal, wife of philip the good, leaves the city of bruges with her son charles, when she is stopped by hostile rioters. Sophie rude shows in this lyrical and romantic composition what lesson she learns by delacroix's contemporary paintings. Object Type: painting. Date: 1841. Dimensions: height: 184 cm (72.4 in) ; width: 159 cm (62.5 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Charles the Bold. Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. Sophie Rude - La duchesse de Bourgogne arrêtée aux portes de Bruges - 1841