Painted (en pleine air) on a hot summer's day. Oil on board 38cm x 20. I always seem to stop in Chinon when in France. And this time I stayed a few days to paint. I love the link with Jeanne of Arc, who was received by Charles VII in Chinon on 25th February 1429, aged only 17, she convinced the king to lend her troops to free Orleans from the English. Her sad end was at the stake in 1431.