The Submission of Witikind, 785 AD, (1875).Artist: Hullard
The Submission of Witikind, 785 AD, (1875). The Saxon leader Witikind (or Wittekind), resisted Emperor Charlemagne for a long time before finally submitting. He was baptised c785 AD, and according to myth he rode a black horse before his baptism and a white horse afterwards. After the original painting in the Versailles Gallery, France.
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