19th-century illustration depicting Charlemagne in the battle of Cordova in 778, painting by Alfred Rethel (dated 1849/50). Rethel was German history

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19th-century illustration depicting Charlemagne in the battle of Cordova in 778, painting by Alfred Rethel (dated 1849/50). Rethel was German history painter, born in 1816 in Aachen, Germany, who died on December 1, 1859 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Engraving published in Systematischer Bilder Atlas - Bauwesen, Ikonographische Encyklopaedie der Wissenschaften und Kuenste (Brockhaus, Leipzig) in 1875.

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Photo credit: © Les Archives Digitales / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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