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Painting of armored mounted knights with lances riding through a misty, leafless forest under a billowing grey sky, with a broken fence in the foreground.

The March of the Knights

A dark, sketchy painting of mounted knights with raised lances advancing through a misty forest of bare trees and tangled undergrowth. Ochre and grey tones dominate the scene, with a broken wooden fence in the foreground and a billowing pale sky above.

Artist
Gustave Doré
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Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
766 × 1004 px
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Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work is undated, so made by the creator's death in 1883; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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